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Settings for UNIX

lpr filters

Filters for lpr are controlled by the name given to the remote printer. When setting up an lpr printer entry, a name is entered for:

the local printer name to be redirected

the host name of the station to which the print is sent

the remote printer name (name of the printer port on the remote station)

It is this last name that the printer uses to determine which filters to use.

Many different remote printer names may be set up, all directed to the same Ethernet remote host, and each is given a different local printer name to be redirected. Different types of print jobs may be sent to different printer names, which will then all print out on the same printer, through the same Ethernet interface, but using different filters.

The remote printer name options used to invoke the different filters are as follows:

lpb	Binary files (no filters)
lpa	ASCII files (carriage returns at line ends)
lpbf	Binary file with form feed at file end
lpaf	ASCII file with form feed at file end

All other remote printer name options will be treated the same as lpb.

The following is an example of sending a text file, "txtfile", via lpr with a form feed appended:

% lpr -plpaf txtfile

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