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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] printing with lpr
  • Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:19:38 +1300

Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> How do I turn off lpd?

kill `pidof lpd`

> 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?

Have you tried pico? It shows the extra ^M in DOS files.

> Do I need to modify printcap before ghostscript will work?

You need to tell lpd (via printcap) to filter ps files
through ghostscript. Most linux applications output ps.

Cheers,
Steven




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