Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!ucadmus!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: print filter Message-ID: <6994@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 13:13:53 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6994 Posted: Fri Jan 4 13:13:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jan-85 00:03:50 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 5 What you need is an "overstrike" filter, assuming the non-backspacing printer can do a carriage-return without also advancing the line. John Quarterman did one of these and I adapted it for distribution as part of the Multiple-Device Queueing System (MDQS) distributed by Doug Kingston .