Add some details on when filters are run.

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hubertf 1998-02-20 12:24:50 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.6 1998/02/20 11:10:14 hubertf Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.7 1998/02/20 12:24:50 hubertf Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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If the local line printer driver supports indentation, the daemon
must understand how to invoke it.
.Sh FILTERS
The
If a printer is specified via
.Sy lp
(either local or remote),
the
.Xr lpd 8
daemon creates a pipeline of
.Em filters
to process files for various printer types.
The pipeline is not set up for remote printers specified via
.Sy rm
unless the local host is the same as the remote printer host
given.
The filters selected depend on the flags passed to
.Xr lpr 1 .
The pipeline set up is: