output filter for print command

[Bradley T. Freese]

rbraun at 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.