Re: How to replicate old LPD filter functionality?

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> I used to have a perl input filter script that ran from lpd (from an entry in 
> /etc/printcap) that would take a raw text sent from a Windows client (over 
> LPD/LPR protocol) and store it for later processing by a completely different 
> program.  It was all quite simple and did the job.
> 
> After I upgraded to CUPS (which wiped out my /etc/printcap...grrr), I'm now 
> trying to restore that functionality.  Having looked at the documentation, I 
> can't figure out how to begin to equate the my lpd+printcap stuff to CUPS.  
> The farthest I got was putting a "printer" service entry in inetd.conf (and 
> killing lpd, which I guess is now useless).
> 
> Can anyone offer pointers to a HOWTO that gives simple step-by-step examples 
> for doing exactly this simple task in CUPS?
> 
What type of filter was that in your former printcap file? Do you happen
to have a copy
somewhere which you could post here (or an URL to it)?
If I knew how your old filter "ticked", I probably may give you some
hints how to 
rebuild this functionality with CUPS (no guarantee, though).

Helge


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