Welcome to the Apsfilter FAQ!
As is usual with Usenet FAQs, this document aims to cover the most frequently asked questions concerning the Apsfilter lineprinter input filter (and of course answer them!). Although originally intended to reduce bandwidth and avoid the same old questions being asked over and over again, FAQs have become recognized as valuable information resources.
Every effort has been made to make this FAQ as informative as possible; if you have any suggestions as to how it may be improved, please feel free to mail them to <apsfilter-doc@apsfilter.org>.
A: Briefly, Apsfilter is a lineprinter input filter
Apsfilter is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation.
For more detailed information on Apsfilter, please see the Apsfilter Handbook .
A: The goal of the Apsfilter Project is to provide printing services under Unix environment that are powerful and easy to use and maintain.
A: It means something like ``A Postscript Filter'' or ``Andreas' Postscript Filter''.
A: Apsfilter is available for all flavors of Unix which have at least a Berkeley compatible lpd or LPRng (lineprinter next generation) installed as lineprinter scheduler.
A: The key decisions concerning the Apsfilter project, such as the overall direction of the project and who is allowed to add code to the source tree, are made by its author, Andreas Klemm. There is a much larger team of several people, called the ``apsfilter developers'', who are authorized to make changes directly to the apsfilter source tree.
A: Every apsfilter -STABLE and -CURRENT release of Apsfilter is available via Apsfilter Software Center :
A: You can find full information on www.apsfilter.org.
A: Currently there are no apsfilter or Unix printing specific newsgroups available.
A: There is an Apsfilter Documentation Project which you may contact (or even better, join) at the doc mailing list: <apsfilter-doc@apsfilter.org>. This list is for discussion of the Apsfilter documentation. For actual questions about apsfilter, there is the apsfilter-help mailing list: <apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org>.
A ``handbook'' is available: the Apsfilter Handbook . Note that this is a work in progress; some parts may be missing
For questions about Apsfilter, e-mail
<apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org>.
For questions about this documentation, e-mail <apsfilter-doc@apsfilter.org>.