pulled lpr-2005.05.01 from debian website and compiled it.  it does
print, but i can't make it correctly handle input filters.  the groups
have many disscussions on not being able to use input filters on
remote printers, so i tried to work with that as well and still no
luck.

below are my printcap entries.  all my printers are network attached
in one way or another.

# hp 5 on lantronix mps-1
laser:\
:lp=:rm=192.168.1.101:rp=laser_text:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:sh:

smallsys:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/smallsys:\
:if=/etc/smport:\
:sh:

ssa:\
:lp=rm=192.168.1.101:\
:rp=laser_text:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ssa:\
:if=/etc/ssaport:\
:sh:

the smport filter:
#!/bin/sh
printf "\033(s12H" && cat | /usr/bin/lpr -Plaser && exit 0
exit 2

the ssaport filter:
#!/bin/sh
printf "\033(s12H" && cat && exit 0
exit 2

i'm not certain that the no-if-on-rm rule applies to both lpr and
lprng, and i can not find any reference to it in the source code.
pr test.txt | lpr -Psmallsys  (or ssa) and looking at the stream
with tcpdump, i never see the escape codes.

here is where i'm real confused.  the ssaport filter is not new,
it's still running on some boxes with lpr-048.  also, the smport
filter is partially working because the output is redirected to
the laser queue, sans printf string.

does anyone have any thoughts on what i'm missing?

thanks.

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