LAT printers

[Larry Dunkelman]

In article <1991Mar13.204348.4978 at hubcap.clemson.edu>, hubcap at hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes:
|> 
|> .....  They *usually* work fine when used from 
|> the ULTRIX machine (an 8810, ultrix 4.1). However, occasionally, print
|> jobs from the ultrix machine sort of hang on the printer, and start printing
|> over and over and over and ...
|> 

We had the same problem (but with ULTRIX 4.0).  The release notes actually
mention this BUG and suggest a work around (which didn't work for me).  I tried
adding the following to the printcap entry:

:if=/usr/lib/lpdfilters/xf:

and the problem has gone away.

Larry.