In article <199807220154.LAA01390@wasd015.dsto.defence.gov.au>,
	Ian Dall <Ian.Dall@dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
> I see no reason why troff filters for example and the various "magic" input
> filters around should not be run by lpr instead of lpd.

Because the machine sending the job to "lpd" maybe a stupid Windows NT?
Or because it makes much more sense to install and configure "magicfilter"
and the packages required to use it on a single server instead of several
clients?

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