Simplified Chinese Solaris Code Filters

A printer that does not support EUC needs filters that convert EUC files for printing. For example, the following command sequence tells LP, the print service, that printer lp1 accepts only GB format files. This command line also installs printer lp1 on port ttya. The lpadmin(1) man page explains this command more fully.

# lpadmin -p lp1 -v /dev/ttya -I GB
# accept lp1
# enable lp1

An lpfilter command line like the following can be used in the process of printing files whose format is not supported by the printer:

# lpfilter -f filter-name -F pathname

The above command tells LP that a converter called filter-name (for example euctogb) is available through the filter description file named pathname. The content of pathname can be as follows:

Input types: simple
Output types: GB
Command: euctocgb

The above filter takes default type file input and converts it to GB format by using euctogb.

To print an EUC file, use the command in the following example:

system% lp EUC-filename 

To print a GB format file, use the following command:

system% lp -T GB GB-filename