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# 		*** F E A T U R E S ***
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#		NEW: "auto configuration"
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#		  --> Normally you only have to modify the /etc/printcap file
#		  --> to select the suitable printer filter for you.
#		  --> the rest is configured/computed automagically ;-)
#
#		NEW: Support for Postscript Printer
#
#		NEW: directory /usr/lib/apsfilter/test with a Makefile
#		     to test various aspects of the filters features.
#
#		NEW: Uses a2ps for printing ascii texts. Default mode is
#		     two pages on one (more econimic ;-)
#
#		NEW: comes with a2ps 4.2 sources and diffs
#		     (apsfilter needed some enhancements to make
#		      autoconfiguration possible, there was a need
#		      to enter pageformat and margins on the commandline
#		      instead of compiling it in)
#
#		     apsfilter automatically uses (and needs !!!)
#	 	     the enhanced a2ps in /usr/lib/apsfilter.
#
#		     For Linux with libc.so.4.5.24 (Slackware 1.2.0)
#		     you can use the binary. Other systems/releases:
#		     patched sources (and diffs) provided 
#		     in /usr/lib/apsfilter/src.a2ps
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#	- Enables non-Postscript printers to print PS files automatically
#
#	- recognizes the following filetypes automatically by using the 
#	  Unix command file(1)
#
#		+ ascii (8 Bit !)
#		+ Postscript
#		+ DVI (TeX, LaTeX)
#		+ data (PCL5 files, ...)
#
#	- uses gs and dvips as filter to process PS && DVI files
#	  that are usually part of any larger Linux distribution
#	  (Slackware, Yggdrasil, LST, ...)
#
#	- handles print faults the following way:
#		-> notifies root
#		-> saves tmp file in $TMP_DIR for later examination
#
#	- *** auto configuration ***: printer type and page format are
#	  recognized automatically and depend only on the name 
#	  how apsfilter actually was called.
#	
#	  This makes installation easier than ever before !!!
#
#	  Choose the correct filter from /usr/lib/apsfilter
#	  (these are all symlinks to apsfilter). They have all
#	  the following naming scheme and features:
#
#	  aps-printer-pageformat-printmethod
#
#	  i.e.:	 aps-djet500-a4-ascii-1
#				      ^- tells a2ps to print one page on
#					 a DIN A4 page with header
#				^------- force ascii printing (for ps source)
#			     ^---------- paper format
#			^--------------- printer driver (gs)
#
#		 aps-laserjet-a4-auto-2n
#				      ^- tells a2ps to print two pages on
#					 a DIN A4 page without header
#					 (when file type ascii was detected)
#
#				 ^------ file type auto-recognition
#
#		 aps-laserjet-a4-raw
#				 ^----	 print raw data ....
#					 for fast program listings ...
#					 This skips gs(1) as filter
#					 Prints immediately to the device
#
#	- resolution, papersize and special options for a2ps, dvips and gs 
#	  are computed automatically
#
#	- allows printing of ascii text with ``german umlauts'' and "raw" 
#	  Postscript files without calling gs if the script name ends 
#	  with "aps-...-ascii" instead "...-auto"
#
#_______________________________________________________________________________
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# Andreas Klemm                 /\/\____ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH 
# andreas@knobel.knirsch.de ___/\/\/     andreas@wupmon.wup.de (Unix Support)
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