Re: 4.4R: if: doesn't get started when getting remote print job

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

On 17-Jan-02 Michael Loßin wrote:
> There it is... "print_raw" is called, so there will be no
> automatic file conversion.
> 
> Now all we have to do is find out why apsfilter does that:
> 
> 1) There's a "METHOD=raw" setting in one of the configuration
>    files -- not likely, given that you created the "ascii"
>    queue the way you described.
> 
> 2) You give the "-b" or "-l" options to lpr -- please tell me
>    that you don't... :^)
> 
> 3) The spooler includes "-c" as one option for the input
>    filter, thus overriding the METHOD=... default (this is what
>    I guess). Unfortunately, the log does not include the argument
>    parsing section, but let's just suppose this to be true.

Here's workaround to that problem (it's *not* a fix, since
the spooler is behaving badly, but anyway...):

Line ~1828 in bin/apsfilter says
        [ "$LPD_METHOD" ] && METHOD="$LPD_METHOD"

Remove that line and... erm... it should work (TM).

Note that if you want to actually print some files in "raw"
mode, you'll have to use "lpr -Zraw ..." in that case; the
"-l" and "-b" options to lpr will be ignored.

If you happen to solve the problem in the correct way, it
should probably become part of the FAQ :^)


Michael