I am trying to setup remote printer queues on a AIX 5.2 system that sends all print requests through a filter by default.

The application that is running on the LPar is coded to call the lp command to produce a print.

Ideally I would like a single queue per remote printer to pass the data through a filter (C Program) by the application just calling the lp command.

I have found ways of doing this via 2 print queue's and using _f and the qprt command in a backend, but I need to include this all into 1 remote printer queue and the lp command.

Any idea's?

did you try print spoolng->programing tools->preprocessing filters in smit

I have, but that smit option gives me no printer queue to select.

Cheers

Steve

yes. you are right. I did this for some barcode printrs. It had run. But I added a new printer and checked and I saw that you can see only the local and file type printers. But If you have a printer that already added. You may not use smit ,you can use this command . I hope this will change printer attributes. ;


/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piochpq -p quename -d devicename -a f1='......' -a ft='.....' -a f2='.....'

f1 is the fisrt user defined filter, f2 second, f3...,f4...
ft is the troff (smilar to sed etc.) filter
fp is pastrough filter
ff is fortran filter.


with -a you can use more than one filter , but if it runs one will be enough
I you will use your see program you may use this one -a f1='PATH/prg'

we used troff filter . our application was sending just a normal file to printer
and this filter was manuplating it. and adding someting tothe file before sending.

if you want to use smit ;
select programing tools->select printer attr.database (the first line)
find printer there>enter
enter ~v
a colon formatted file will be shown which belons to that printer.you can do every thing there.
find f1 with /f1
just add /PATH/prg at the END of the line.
save >wq