6.10. Job Filtering By LPR

Options used:

• lpr_bounce FLAG lpr does filtering

Some users would like the advantages of the filtering and processing capabilities of a lpd daemon without running a lpd daemon on their system. By having the lpr program process the job by passing it through the various filters and then send the output of the filters as the print job you can get the desired effect.

# Simple example of an lpr_bounce entry
bounce
  :lpr_bounce
  :lp=lp@remote
  :filter=/usr/local/bin/lpf

The lpr_bounce flag, if present in the printcap entry, will force lpr to process the job using the specified filters and send the outputs of the filters to the remote printer for further processing.