Print end of spool

[iranzo]

hello,
my edition print 800pages
i need a printerdriver
to print just 3 last pages.
How can i modify actual driver
to do that ?
Thank's

[harry d brown jr]

You can try to use "tail -Xnumberoflines" and pipe that to your printer.

Can you tell us what kind of "edition" the file is? pdf, ascii, ps ....??

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harry

[iranzo]

it's HPUX ascii editions

[iranzo]

editions are automatic
I need a specific driver who print
just 3last pages of edition

[Steve Steel]

Hi


How do you print it.

Normally in printerproperties you can
tell from page to page before printing

Otherwise indeed use a script to remove the first n pages

Steve Steel

[harry d brown jr]

WHat do you mean by "editions" ??

Do you have a sample path to that file?

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harry

[iranzo]

this is what i need :
a script to remove the first n pages
and put this at the end of printer driver.

[Steve Steel]

Hi


If your page size is 60 lines then

tail +797*60 file|lp

test by

tail +47820 file|more

If you see what you want then replace more by lp command

Steve Steel

[A. Clay Stephenson]

This used to be easy in the days of plain text because all you had to do was count lines and/or formfeeds; however, it is very difficult when trying to do this to modern printers (think of PCL - HP Laserjets) because the meaning of a "page" is very unclear.

[Steve Steel]

Hi


I agree with the comment over complexity

Youu need to use the page selection when you print if possible;


Steve Steel