Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] papd NBP Type Selection
From: Patrik Schindler (poc@poc.pingnet.de)
Date: Sat Oct 11 1997 - 11:21:37 EDT
>you'll register the name "Printer Spooler" with the type
>"NotALaserWriter". The \072 is the octal value for ascii ':'. Since
>':' is interpreted by the termcap libraries, it must be escaped in this
>way.
I just tested it and it's OK if you escape it this way:
DW-Spool\:DeskWriter:pr=dw:pd=/dev/null:op=poc:
If anyone will test this with a DeskWriter or DeskJet, he may fail. The Driver (6.03) says "Waiting for printer" then locks the whole machine, including cursor. Really good work from HP...
:wq! PoC
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