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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

> > When I tried to print with your wp (put the file in /tmp/document 
> > as instructed in the faq) it also just fed a page.
> 
> Does wp print when you use it normally (i.e. type some stuff from
> inside wp and then print it)?  Note: lpd must not be running.

This time I typed a file with wp and wp loaded something to do with
printers (must be the modules) and printed it.  Then I typed another test
file with pico and ran lpd and printed that with lpr okay, after which wp
no longer worked (because lpd must not be running).  How do I turn off
lpd?

So lpr will print UNIX files but not DOS files.  When Jim gets his little 
text editor rewritten in C and compiled for Linux it will show me all the 
Linux versus DOS line feeds.  Are there already any small linux editors 
that will do this, for instance Joe?


> Keep in mind that DOS files and Linux files are slightly different
> (carriage-return/linefeed).  When you sent the raw file, it is 
> possible that your printer is affected by that difference.
> 
> If you are trying to print a text file, you might try converting 
> it to DOS format before giving it to lpr.  BasicLinux includes 
> a utility for that:
> ---------------
> dos2unix --help
> ---------------

It looks like lpr will print UNIX but not DOS text files.  The file that 
would not print for me yesterday was a DOS text file.

> > I also tried printing with ghostscript:  
> > gs -sDEVICE=deskjet filename.pdf | lpr.  
> > That did not print either.  

I don't have this working yet.  Do I need to modify printcap before 
ghostscript will work?