From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:38:25 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas for an printer filesystem Message-ID: <20071130133825.GC14203@nibiru.local> References: <8ccc8ba40709070144y42f8c81andeb54dde4588f968@mail.gmail.com> <8607d45190b8811e23dc5426d1fbf657@quanstro.net> <8ccc8ba40709070317t600021b9jbe3715561964383e@mail.gmail.com> <20071130033720.GA2817@nibiru.local> <8ccc8ba40711300142w1ef7f32crf0371b06dd733aff@mail.gmail.com> <20071130123249.GB14203@nibiru.local> <20071130130631.GA4274@darkside> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <20071130130631.GA4274@darkside> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f5f2de2-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * Rodolfo Garc=EDa wrote: > "Probably" you need three files: >=20 > 1. The printer job, for example the .ps file > 2. The printing options (orientation, ...) > 3. The printer options (Filters, drivers, ...), in the printer directory >=20 > The printing options can be set with 'echo "A4,300ppp,protrait" > > /printers/LaserJet-A/ctl' The printer options must be in a file,=20 > and then you can print with something like 'cat myfile.ps > /printers/Las= erJet-A/data' Thats not an good idea, since here you set the parameters for the whole printer, not just for a single job.=20 cu --=20 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt =3D=3D metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------