writing an lpr filter (SunOS 4.1.1)

[John Ruckstuhl]

In article <28820 at uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> I writes:
>My first attempt at writing a simple lpr filter has failed, so I ask for
>a correction to my point-of-view, or a pointer to a reference.
>
>I'd like to prefix and postfix each printjob with an escape sequence, so
>I modified the printcap to include 
>    :if=/usr/local/lib/paintjet/if:of=/usr/local/lib/paintjet/of:

As J Greely <jgreely at cis.ohio-state.edu> and jeffe at eniac.seas.upenn.edu
(george) have kindly informed me:

    The solution is to define the prefix and postfix in the "if", and
    forget about the "of".  "of" is not what I assumed it was.

    #! /usr/bin/sh
    /usr/5bin/echo '\033E\033&/6A\033%1BIN;WU0;PW0.01;\c'
    cat
    /usr/5bin/echo 'PG;\c'

Thank you to J & george, and to others whose replies and followups are
already on the way.

Best regards,
ruck
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