Name

ripsock - drive a PostScript rip via a TCP/IP socket

Synopsis

/usr/etc/appletalk/ripsock [ -D ] [ -h hostname ] [ -p port ] [ -s servicename ] [ -w waittime ]

Description

The ripsock program accepts data from stdin and sends it to the specified TCP/IP socket. Its purpose is to send the output of a spooler to a RIP that accepts data that way without ever hitting disk. This filter is designed to be called from a "Custom" print queue. The flags are defined as follows:

-h

specifies the host to send the job to. The default is the local host.

-s

defines the name of the service (as specified in /etc/services) to be used. Defaults to "dps". If a port is specified, the service name is ignored.

-p

defines the port number of the service.

-w

supplies the time in seconds to wait after sending the data to the RIP for feedback from it. The default is 15.

-D

turns on debugging about sending data.

Files

status

If this file exists in the current directory, it will be updated with the current status.

See Also

xkspool(1)

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