psf(8) [redhat man page]

PSF(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    PSF(8)

NAME

       psf - PostScript filter

SYNOPSIS

       psf [ -n name ] [ -h host ] [ -w width ] [ -l length ] [ -i indent ] [ -c ]

DESCRIPTION

       psf  is	an  lpd filter for PostScript printing.  psf interprets the name it was called with to determine what filters to invoke. First, if
       the string ``pap'' appears anywhere in the name, psf invokes pap to talk to a printer via AppleTalk. Next, if the string  ``rev''  appears,
       psf invokes psorder to reverse the pages of the job. Finally, if psf was called with a filter's name as the leading string, it invokes that
       filter. If there is no filter to run, psf examines the magic number of the input, and if the input is not PostScript, converts it to  Post-
       Script.

KLUDGE

       In  the	default  configuration,  psf  supports two kludges.  The first causes psf to check its name for the letter `m'.  If this letter is
       found and accounting is turned on, psf calls pap twice, once to get an initial page count and to print the job, and another time to  get  a
       final  page  count.   This  is a work-around for bugs in a variety of PAP implementions that cause printers to never properly close the PAP
       output file.  A notable example is any printer by Hewlett-Packard.

       The second kludge causes psf to examine its name for the letter `w'.  If this letter is found and accounting is turned on,  psf	calls  pap
       with  the -w flag.  This flag causes pap to wait until the printer's status contains the string `idle'.	Once this string is found, the job
       is printed as normal.  This kludge is a work-around for printers, notably Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet IV, which will  report  a  page  count
       while a previous jobs is still printing.

EXAMPLE

       The  sample  printcap  entry  below  invokes  psf  to print text files, PostScript files, troff's C/A/T output, and TeX's DVI output, to an
       AppleTalk connected LaserWriter Plus. Since the LaserWriter Plus stacks pages in descending order, we reverse the pages and print the burst
       page last.

	      laser|lp|LaserWriter Plus on AppleTalk:
		  :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/laser:
		  :lp=/usr/spool/lpd/laser/null:
		  :lf=/var/adm/lpd-errs:pw#80:hl:
		  :of=/usr/lib/filters/ofpap:
		  :if=/usr/lib/filters/ifpaprev:
		  :tf=/usr/lib/filters/tfpaprev:
		  :df=/usr/lib/filters/dfpaprev:

       Note that if the host in question spools to more than one AppleTalk printer, /dev/null should not be used for the lp capability. Instead, a
       null device should be created with mknod for each printer, as has been done above.

       Finally, there is a file in the spool directory, /var/spool/lpd/laser, called .paprc, which  pap  reads	for  the  AppleTalk  name  of  the
       printer.

SEE ALSO

       psorder(1), printcap(5), lpd(8), mknod(8), pap(8).

netatalk 1.2							    17 Dec 1991 							    PSF(8)

PAP(8)							      System Manager's Manual							    PAP(8)

NAME

       pap - download files to or communicate interactively with an AppleTalk network connected printer

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/pap [ -d ] [ -p printer ] [ -s statusfile ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

       pap  is	used  to  connect and send files to an AppleTalk connected printer using the Apple Printer Access Protocol (PAP).  pap can also be
       used to conduct an interactive session with a PostScript printer.  When pap starts execution, it first  tries  obtain  the  status  of  the
       printer.  It then tries to open a session with the printer using PAP, and then downloads the files to the printer.

       If no files are given on the command line, pap begins reading from standard input.

       If no printer is specified on the command line, pap looks for a file called .paprc in the current directory and reads it to obtain the name
       of a printer.  The .paprc file should contain a single line of the form object:type@zone  where	each  of  object,  :type,  and	@zone  are
       optional.   type and zone must be proceeded by `:' and `@' respectively.  Lines the begin with a `#' are ignored.  type and zone default to
       LaserWriter and the zone of the local host, respectively.

       Note that pap is designed to be useful as a communication filter for sending lpd(8) spooled print jobs  to  AppleTalk  connected  printers.
       See psf(8) for hints on how to use it this way.

OPTIONS

       -p printer
	      Connect to the printer named printer (do not consult the .paprc file to find a printer name).  The syntax for printer is the same as
	      discussed above for the .paprc file.

       -s statusfile
	      Update the file called statusfile to contain the most recent status message from the printer.  pap gets the status from the  printer
	      when  it is waiting for the printer to process input.  The statusfile will contain a single line terminated with a newline.  This is
	      useful when pap is invoked by lpd(8) within lpd's spool directory.

       -c
	      Take cuts.  The PAP protocol specified a simple queuing procedure, such that the clients tell the  printer  how  long  they've  been
	      waiting to print.  This option causes pap to lie about how long it's been waiting.

       -e
	      Send stdout to stderr.  This causes information that the printer returns to be recorded as error output for lpd.

       -E
	      Don't  wait  for EOF from the printer.  This option is useful for printers which don't implement PAP correctly.  In a correct imple-
	      mentation, the client side should wait for the printer to return EOF before closing the connection.  Some clients  don't	wait,  and
	      hence some printers have related bugs in their implementation.

       -w
	      Wait  for the printer's status to contain the word "waiting" before sending the job.  This is to defeat printer-side spool available
	      on HP IV and V printers.

FILES

       .paprc		   file that contains printer name

       ~/.paprc 	   secondary file to look in for printer name

SEE ALSO

       nbp(1), pap(4), lpd(8), papstatus(8), psf(8).

BUGS

       pap will send a quit command to exit interactive mode when it gets an end-of-file on a tty.  If the user has already typed quit themselves,
       the  quit that pap sends is spurious and will cause a PostScript error.	The fix would be for pap to watch what the user types and look for
       quit, but this is impractical.

netatalk 1.2							    13 Dec 1991 							    PAP(8)