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A. Khattri wrote: |
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> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Alessandro Selli wrote: |
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>> However, I realize the magicfilterconfig tool is Debian-specific, |
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>>since there is no trace of it in the official source code I just |
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>>downloaded from |
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>>http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/magicfilter/magicfilter-2.3.d.tar.gz |
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>> I wish Gentoo too had it! |
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> Did you try emerging net-print/magicfilter? |
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> The Changelog specifically mentioned magicfilterconfig so it might be in |
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> there... |
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All right, I queried further and learned this about |
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magicfilter/magicfilterconfig: |
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1) until magicfilter version 1.2, magicfilter was developped by H. Peter |
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Anvin, then David Parsons rewrote it from scratch and changed its |
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licence from GPL to BSD: |
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http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/magicfilter/ |
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History |
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Magicfilter 2 is a complete rewrite of H. Peter Anvin's |
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Magicfilter 1.2, using slightly more standard components. |
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2) magicfilter version 1.2 did have the magicfilterconfig tool standard: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/net-print/magicfilter/ChangeLog |
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*magicfilter-1.2-r3 (26 Mar 2002) |
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[...] |
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26 Mar 2002; Aron Griffis <agriffis@g.o> |
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magicfilter-1.2-r3.ebuild: |
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Fixed magicfilterconfig man-page installation |
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3) magicfilter version 2.0 and later (David Parsons') no longer has it. |
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I did ACCEPT_KEYWORDS='~x86' emerge magicfilter to install the |
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latest release (2.3d) but magicfilterconfig is not there. |
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However, I did manage to get it to work. I only had to change in the |
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/etc/lprng/printcap file the filter line from: |
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:if=/usr/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ |
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into: |
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:if=/usr/share/magicfilter/filters/dj500:\ |
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*And* I had to correct the same filter file, because it erroneously |
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had two lines defining the gs output device to use, first the right one, |
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then a wrong one that would override the correct output device. The |
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/usr/share/magicfilter/filters/dj500 file was thus changed from: |
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#!/usr/bin/magicfilter |
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define(Vendor, `Hewlett-Packard')dnl |
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define(Printer, `DeskJet 500 series B/W printers (and DJ500c with black |
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cartridge)')dnl |
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define(DPI,`300')dnl |
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define(DEVICE,`djet500')dnl |
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define(PCL,`true')dnl |
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define(DEVICE,`cdjcolor')dnl |
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define(HANDLE_TEXT,`cat \eE\e&k2G\e(0N \eE')dnl |
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into: |
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#!/usr/bin/magicfilter |
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define(Vendor, `Hewlett-Packard')dnl |
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define(Printer, `DeskJet 500 series B/W printers (and DJ500c with black |
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cartridge)')dnl |
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define(DPI,`300')dnl |
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define(DEVICE,`djet500')dnl |
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define(PCL,`true')dnl |
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define(HANDLE_TEXT,`cat \eE\e&k2G\e(0N \eE')dnl |
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There's a glitch in the magicfilter(8) man page, too: where it reads: |
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/etc/printcap file will simply be the name of the configuration |
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file, which is set executable and starts with the line: |
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#! /var/tmp/portage/magicfilter-2.3d/image//usr/bin/magicfilter |
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it should read: |
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/etc/printcap file will simply be the name of the configuration |
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file, which is set executable and starts with the line: |
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#! /usr/bin/magicfilter |
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I guess I should file a bug report, right? |
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Alessandro Selli |
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Tel: 340.839.73.05 |
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http://alessandro.route-add.net |
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