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12.3 Print Filters

12.3 Print Filters

Two print filters dominate Unix printing:

  • Foomatic This print filter works with almost any print server, and on the command line. Foomatic can call Ghostscript for printers that do not understand PostScript.

  • ifhp This is a general-purpose filter for PostScript printers. ifhp is an older print filter that works well with the Berkeley LPD-style servers.




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How Linux Works - What Every Super-User Should Know
Chapter 1: The Basics
Chapter 2: Devices, Disks, Filesystems, and the Kernel
Chapter 3: How Linux Boots
Chapter 4: Essential System Files, Servers, and Utilities
Chapter 5: Configuring Your Network
Chapter 6: Network Services
Chapter 7: Introduction to Shell Scripts
Chapter 8: Development Tools
Chapter 9: Compiling Software From Source Code
Chapter 10: Maintaining the Kernel
Chapter 11: Configuring and Manipulating Peripheral Devices
Chapter 12: Printing
12.1 PostScript
12.2 Print Servers
12.3 Print Filters
12.4 Print Clients
12.5 CUPS
12.6 Ghostscript
12.7 Further Printing Topics
Chapter 13: Backups
Chapter 14: Sharing Files with Samba
Chapter 15: Network File Transfer
Chapter 16: User Environments
Chapter 17: Buying Hardware for Linux
Chapter 18: Further Directions
Appendix A: Command Classification
Bibliography
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars