Subject: using netatalk's psf filter
To: Mac-Port NetBSD Mailing List <port-mac68K@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Sean Sweda <sweda@netcommandos.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/08/1998 18:54:51
Has anyone had success using the psf filter that comes with the
netatalk package with normal lpd printing?  I've tried to list
it as a filter in order to allow printing of non-postscript files
to a postscript printer, but it never seems to work.  Here's
an example of my printcap file:

laser|Advantage Laser Printer:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:\
        :lp=/var/spool/lpd/laser/null:\
        :lf=/var/log/lpd/laser:\
        :of=/usr/local/atalk/etc/filters/ofpsf:\
        :if=/usr/local/atalk/etc/filters/ifpsf:\
        :tf=/usr/local/atalk/etc/filters/tfpsf:\
        :rm=lp:rp=lp_cr:mx#0:

Piping a file through psf and then through lpr works fine, but
normal printing does not seem to invoke psf.

Also, on an unrelated note, is there a disk performance benchmarking
tool that will compile under netbsd/mac68k?  I want to compare
the performance of different kernels (ncrscsi vs. sbc drivers)
and need something that will extensively test reading and writing.

Sean


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Sean Sweda
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