HP printer problem

[Thomas Crow]

On our system we have access to three printers, only one of which can handle postscript. Is there any way to
prevent any postscript files from printing on the two non-postscript printers. We are running HP-UX 9.01; the
printers operate from NetQue printer servers. Thanks in advance

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[Noel Hunter]

Thomas Crow (tc...@nswc.navy.mil) wrote:
: On our system we have access to three printers, only one of which can handle postscript. Is there any way to

: prevent any postscript files from printing on the two non-postscript printers. We are running HP-UX 9.01; the
: printers operate from NetQue printer servers. Thanks in advance

Modify the printer script(s). Usually, you can use the "file" command to
determine is a file is postcript. If it is, you can reject it, or print
out an error page. The logic would be something like this (this is not
perfect, just a guess):

filetype = `/usr/bin.file $1`
if [ $filetype -eq "Postscript" ]
then
exit 1
else
... print the file

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