Re: Notes on your printing HOWTO

[Bill Wohler <wohler@xxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> would be great if you would be more verbose about software
> version numbers and such, to get an idea, what apsfilter
> version or HOWTO document you are referring to, ...

  Aber natuerlich:

      gs 5.10
      apsfilter 5.1

> b) enable debugging in the apsfilter script and send log of one
>    print session.

  Ich habe das garade gemacht, aber `log' ist leer. status.lp contains:

    IF filter msg - '++ gs -q -sDEVICE=cdj550 -rx -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- redir_gs_msg.ps -' at 2001-03-06-22:56:28.312 ## identifier=root@gbr+724 number=724 process=30727
    IF filter msg - 'a2ps: received signal 13: Broken pipe' at 2001-03-06-22:56:29.815 ## identifier=root@gbr+724 number=724 process=30727
    IF filter msg - '+ rm /tmp/filecRwDOo' at 2001-03-06-22:56:29.818 ## identifier=root@gbr+724 number=724 process=30727
    IF filter msg - '+ rm -f /tmp/file6QhjEf' at 2001-03-06-22:56:29.822 ## identifier=root@gbr+724 number=724 process=30727
    IF filter finished at 2001-03-06-22:56:29.825 ## identifier=root@gbr+724 number=724 process=30727

  Irgend etwas ist los mit a2ps. Ich habe auch viele /tmp/file* dateien.

  Aber, dies arbeitet wunderbar:

    a2ps --columns=1 --portrait -B -o /tmp/motd.ps /etc/motd
    cat /tmp/motd.ps | gs -q -sDEVICE=cdj550 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=/tmp/motd.oj /usr/share/apsfilter/lib/redir_gs_msg.ps -
    cat /tmp/motd.oj > /dev/lp0

  Ich probiere nach weiter...

  Danke.

  (One other question: I haven't found documentation on how to access
  the Best/Normal/Fast quality modes of the printer. It always uses
  Best at the moment and I'd prefer Fast or Normal for daily work. I
  see PrintQuality in /usr/share/doc/gs/devices.txt.gz but don't know
  what to do with it.)

> I don't know apsfilterconfig. This seems to be an Debian add on
> script that is not supported by me....

    [wohler@gbr:1165]$ less /usr/share/doc/apsfilter/README.Debian
    apsfilter for Debian
    ********************

       To comply with Debian Policy, apsfilter had to be made compliant
    with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).  This means that files
    are placed somewhat differently:

       * All invariable, architecture-independent files are located in
	 `/usr/share/apsfilter' instead of `/usr/lib/apsfilter'.

       * Filter symbolic links are created in `/var/lib/apsfilter/filter'
	 instead of `/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter'.

       * `SETUP.cfg' and `perf.log' are created in `/var/lib/apsfilter'
	 instead of `/usr/lib/apsfilter'.

       * `filters_found' is created in `/var/lib/apsfilter' instead of
	 `/usr/lib/apsfilter/global'.

       All temporary files are created securely using tempfile(1).

    Matej Vela <vela@debian.org>

  You can find the FHS at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/.

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