Subject: Re: coping with funky remote printers
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/01/2005 12:19:39
In message <cr6jl8$45v$2@colwyn.zhadum.de>, Matthias Scheler writes:
>In article <20041231222246.E6BD43BFF1D@berkshire.machshav.com>,
> "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> writes:
>> Currently, I've connected its parallel input jack to the print server
>> built in to an SMC 7004ABR NAT box. That usually works... However,
>> NetBSD's lpd doesn't honor if= filtering for remote printers, ...
>
>>From "man lpd":
>
> -r The -r flag allows the ``of'' and ``if'' filters to be used if
> specified for a remote printer. Traditionally, lpd would not use
> filters for remote printers.
>
Ah, thanks.
--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb