[linux] printcap entry for a null printer default

Cere M. Davis cere at u.washington.edu
Wed Mar 31 16:45:17 PST 2004


Ya, that's sort of what I figured.  Yuck.

>
> You may need a fake queue with a special print-filter script that sends
> any data submitted to /dev/null.
>
> On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 16:19, Cere M. Davis wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm running lprng and want to set my printcap file so that the default
> > printer is null and directs jobs that are sent to no particular printer to
> > /dev/null, basicaly forcing users to use an 'lpr -P <printer>' type
> > command when they send print jobs.  I can't figure out how to set this up
> > in /etc/princap in such a way that lprng wont reject.  Does anyone have
> > experience with this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Cere
> >
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