ppr-list-digest volume 2, number 12, message 7

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From: Heiko Rommel <rommel@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:10:06 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Re: PPR: GUI?

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, jkrainak wrote:

> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:12:39 -0600
> From: jkrainak <jkrainak@c3design.com>
> Reply-To: ppr-list@mail.trincoll.edu
> To: "PPR (E-mail)" <ppr-list@mail.trincoll.edu>
> Subject: PPR: GUI?
> 
> Will current programs such as kplq monitor jobs in the ppr queue?  I wanted
> to use PPR because I have been having trouble (jobs disappearing) printing
> from my Macs to a number of Tektronix printers.  However, I want my users to
> have a GUI to see their jobs. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan
> 

klpq will do, as long as you have a printcap which can be used by klpq
for lookup (indepent of your choice of printing system in klpq).

To generate a working printcap simply do  

for i in `ls -1 -A /etc/ppr/printers`; do echo $i:::::: ; done > 
/etc/printcap


Heiko

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