This directory is for contributed software, of varying usefulness.
Your mileage may vary.

cpr		C pr -- for printing C files; see also vgrind(1).
		(from the PLP 2.0 utilities distribution)

mp-if-filter	an "if" filter that runs mp, a good text-to-
		postscript pretty-printer. We love it here
		at Iona. ;)

old-filters	Filters from the original (3.0) distribution of PLP.

Slpd		SVR4-style "rc script" for starting/stopping the LPD.

A good set of filters for HP Laserjet printers of the III and 4 series
are available in the PLP contributed software FTP archive and its
mirrors:

    URL: ftp://ftp.iona.ie/pub/plp/contrib

These were developed at the Division of Computing Facilities of the
Computer Technology Institute (CTI), Patras, Greece. PLP includes
built-in support for these filters.

See also GhostScript 2.6, which includes instructions for using
gs as an "if" filter to provide postscript queues for non-postscript
printers, in the file "unix-lpr.doc".

There may also be some other packages which we have found useful
in the "contrib" subdirectory of the PLP archive area.

Other useful printer-and-postscript-related utilities -- check your
local comp.sources.misc archives, read the comp.lang.postscript FAQ,
use archie, etc.:

    psnup	postscript manipulation

    a2ps	another text-to-postscript pretty-printer

    groff	troff clone, with postscript output

    hpdriver	driver for HP PJL printers (4M) for accounting
	    	URL: ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/lemay

Send updates to this file, and new contrib software, to <jmason@iona.ie>.

Especially welcome are scripts to convert printcap files to and from
the formats that PLP uses for NIS and Hesiod lookups.

If a piece of software is already available over ftp, send me a pointer
and some info; I'll add it here. Try to keep things relevant to PLP
and LPD filters, rather than just printing in general.

-- Justin Mason, Feb '95.
