need a filter that produces postscript

[Helge Blischke]

ekkard gerlach wrote:
> 
> I need a filter that produces postscript (5.x) only. Which filter in
> CUPS do that?
> 
> Why? - I want to use a samsung gdi printer installed under Suse 9.2 on a
> Suse 8.2 machine. CUPS intelligent browsing function doesn't work
> because Suse 8.2 with cups-1.1.18 sometimes generates thousands of
> same printers in /etc/cups/printers.conf (endless loop). Browsing
> printer queues is disabled for this reason. So I want to make printer
> queue for Suse8.2 that produces postscript only, the I write a specific
> backend e.g. /usr/lib/cups/mybackend that includes
>     cat - > lp -h rex3 -d samsung
> 
> tia
> Ekkard

Why not add this printer as an IPP printer on your SuSE 8.2 box as
	ipp://rex3/printers/samsung
?

Helge

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