> does anybody know why the NetBSD lpd doesn't setup filter pipelines
> for remote printers?  This restriction sounds a bit stupid to me,
> especially when you want to, say, transform postscript into pcl on
> your local machine for a non-ps printer connected via a printer server.
> 
> And indeed on that system, there is no such restriction.
> Is there any good reason for keeping this up?  Or maybe does someone
> know if alternative printer spoolers have a better way of handling
> this (like maybe lprng)?

I agree that it is a stupid restriction, but the restriction is also
present in LPRng.  To get a filter working for a remote printer in LPRng, I
had to set up a bounce queue:

lp|HP LaserJet 4M Plus, text:\
        :lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :bq=axis@print.somebody.com:bqfilter:sh:\
        :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
        :if=/custom-scripts-for-somebody/pretty-print:

Ben
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