On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Richard Rauch wrote:

> Is there a deliberate rationale for disabling if/of filtering when
> lpd is directed to use a remote printer?  Is it a bug?  Or did someone
> just think, "Well, they're using a remote printer which *probably* has
> appropriate filters already, so local filters are probably a mistake,
> and we can (silently) ignore them"?

> Another send-pr?  Or is there a good reason?  (And if it's deliberate,
> am I blind or is it not documented in printcap(5)?)

What about the "-r" flag described in lpd(5)? Doesn't that work?

Frederick