[comp.unix.aix] output filter for print command

mtranle@paris.IntelliCorp.COM (Minh TranLe/65535) (05/31/91)

hi,
I am trying to use a ps/2 with aix 1.2 and the remote print
command. The remote printer is on a sun. And each time I print
something from the ps/2, I get following mail back:

| Your printer job (xxx)
| could not be printed
|
| Messages from output filter:
| psif: paris:mtranle sunset start  Thu May 30 14:21:56 1991
| psif: end  Thu May 30 14:25:56 1991

Does anyone knows how I can customize the output filter (wherever it is)
so that it does not mail me anything unless there is something else
between the 2 `psif:' lines.

Thanks,
Minh TranLe.

rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) (05/31/91)

A related query:  how do I tell AIX to expand tabs for a printer which
doesn't support them?  How to set the filter isn't obvious; I always
end up manually typing "pr -e file | lp" and should probably make this
automatic before I have zillions of users on the system.

-rich

freese@dalvm41b.vnet.ibm.com ("Bradley T. Freese") (06/12/91)

rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:

> A related query:  how do I tell AIX to expand tabs for a printer which
> doesn't support them?  How to set the filter isn't obvious; I always
> end up manually typing "pr -e file | lp" and should probably make this
> automatic before I have zillions of users on the system.

Try 'smit', "Devices", "Printer/Plotter Devices", "Printer/Plotter
Devices", "Change/Show ...", and select the printer.  Toggle the "EXPAND
TABS ..." entry to true(yes).  This should tell the queueing system
backend to expand the tabs.