INSTALLING MAGICFILTER
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* Run "configure.sh".  If you want to put the files in any other directory
  tree than /usr/local (i.e. /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/man) then call
  it with the option --prefix=<directory-prefix>, for example:

	./configure.sh --prefix=/usr

  Configure.sh works something like Autoconf's configure scripts, and
  has the following options:

    --src=DIR		where the source lives (.)
    --prefix=DIR	where to install the final product (/usr/local)
    --execdir=DIR	where to put executables (prefix/bin)
    --mandir=DIR	where to put manpages (prefix/man)
    --confdir=DIR	where to put configuration information (/etc)

	If magicfilter uses a private magic file, it will be placed
	here, and if you hand-make your own magic.m4 file, magicfilter
	will look for it here as well.

    --filterdir=DIR	where to put printer filters ($prefix/sbin/printers)
    --with-path=PATH	look for conversion programs in PATH ($PATH)

	If configure can't find a conversion program, it will build
	magicfilter without support for that particular conversion.

	Normally, magicfilter uses your $PATH to (hopefully) get all
	the normal places for filters, but you may need to customize
	it if you're on a system that places filters in odd locations.

		NOTE: This used to be --path in previous versions
		of Magicfilter.

    --use-local-magic	install a private magic file

	Normally, magicfilter will attempt to use /etc/magic (or
	whereever the magic for file(1) lives), but if that magic
	file does not appear to be modern enough (experimentally
	determined by seeing if it recognises a H-P pjl file),
	configure.sh will configure magicfilter to use a local
	magic file.   But there are cases where file(1) has been
	modified so that it doesn't just use /etc/magic, but instead
	has its magic files scattered randomly around, and thus
	configure.sh will report that /etc/magic works when it
	doesn't.  If you use --use-local-magic, magicfilter won't
	even bother to try and use the system /etc/magic.

    --with-papersize=size 

	Magicfilter writes US Letter size pages by default, but
	you can set the default to something else with this
	option.

    --traditional

	The normal magicfilter printer definition files are m4
	scripts that are merged with a standard ruleset.  If is is
	not how you want magicfilter to work, --traditional builds
	printer definition files that are already processed and
	installs a version of magicfilter that understands this
	format.   This is here for people who prefer to hack their
	printer definitions;  if you don't, installing the normal
	magicfilter makes all of your printers consistant.

    --with-lprng

	Magicfilter usually allows you to specify a bunch of options
	on the command line.  Unfortunately, LPRng emits many many
	different options that seem to vary from release to release
	of the package;  configure.sh attempts to detect LPRng and
	generate a magicfilter that doesn't take options, but if
	that autodetection fails then you can manually give this
	option.   Do this if you're running LPRng and magicfilter
	fails on you.

    --use-fifo=YES
	Pass the output from ghostscript to a fifo, instead of simply
	piping it to the output device.

    --with-pcl
	Look for either the hp2pdm or lj2ps programs to print pcl
	on printers that don't support it.   This is not done by
	default because both of these programs only support pcl4
	and people expecting pcl5 to work may be unpleasantly
	surprised.


* Run "make".

* Run "make install".

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The following instructions apply only to systems using the BSD
printing system.  Linux and BSD-derived OSes all use the BSD printing
system, some System V-based systems such as IRIX do as an option
whereas others, such as Solaris, do not.

If in doubt, check for the existence of the file /etc/printcap.

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* Edit your /etc/printcap file to contain a call to the appropriate
  printer filter in the "if" entry of each local printer.  This will
  typically look something like this:

  pencil|lp|PostScript|ljet4|HP LaserJet 4:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pencil:sh:mx#0:\
	:if=/usr/sbin/printers/ljet4:

  crayon|dj550c|color|HP DeskJet 550C:\
	:lp=/dev/lp2:sd=/var/spool/lpd/crayon:sh:mx#0:\
	:if=/usr/sbin/printers/dj550c:

  Note the alias "lp" for the default (text) printer, and "PostScript"
  for the preferred PostScript printer.

  IMPORTANT: If you're on a really old version of UNIX which doesn't
  support the so-called "#!-hack" for selecting an interpreter for
  your filters, this form of installation does not work.  Instead, you
  need to make your /etc/printcap file look something like this:

  pencil|lp|PostScript|ljet4|HP LaserJet 4:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pencil:sh:mx#0:\
	:if=/usr/local/bin/magicfilter:\
	:af=/usr/sbin/printers/ljet4:

  To test if your OS supports the #!-hack, type at the command line:

	/usr/local/bin/XXXX < /dev/null

  ... where XXXX-filter is any installed magic filter.  If you get an
  error message, your OS does *not* support the #!-hack.

  Linux, all BSD-derived OSes and System V R3 and later all support
  the #!-hack.

* Kill and restart lpd.  Your printer filter should now be working.