Need to use lp interface file for lpd printer. 1

[motoslide]

I know I've seen this here before, but could not find the thread.
I have a printer which only supports lpr/lpd printing, so I have it defined as such with an /etc/printcap entry.
The problem is that we need the same logging ability which is found on standard "lp" printers (/usr/spool/lp/logs/requests). My idea is to define a shadow printer (which is NOT using lpd) and modify it's interface file to pass the job onto the "real" printer.
I've tried the alternative of adding ":lf=log" to the /etc/printcap entry, but nothing gets written to that file.
Thanks for the help, and feel free to slam me for not finding this myself.

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[PHV]

I'll create a printer on /dev/null using your interface model.
Then I'll modify the /var/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/printer script like this:
...
# send the file(s) to the standard out $copies times
while [ "$copies" -gt 0 ]
do for file
do 0<$file (
eval $FILTER) #2>&1
done[!] | lp -d lpd_printer[/!]
copies=`expr $copies - 1`
done
...


Hope This Helps, PH.
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