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Subject: Re: [9fans] Ideas for an printer filesystem
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri,  7 Sep 2007 06:08:54 -0400
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> The octopus is using just an empty directory as the printer spooler.
> (you may have as many as you want). When you start the fs you tell it the
> underlying printing command and options. Thus, a simple cp suffices to print.

how do you keep the printer from starting on a job too soon?

> There are not too many print queues/options in actual use here to make it
> unpleasant.

are you still using lp under the covers?

- erik