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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Doctor Linux: The Complete Linux Reference
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:15:47 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=}lpr thesis.ps

Change { to | - my typo.
Someone else who said to do this forgot the -sOutputFile= .
I have not tried the above yet.

> >
> > This would be easier to make into a script. I presume that
> > /dev/lp0 is already defined somewhere on the computer as the
> > printer port.
>
> In /etc/printcap
>
> > cat thesis.txt | lpr to print text
>
> For that to print, lpd must be running.

Do I need lpd running to do the line with gs too?

> > Info on using old CD-ROM drives, Graphics Mini Howto,
> > UMSDOS, sharing swap space with Windows, PLIP, SLIP.
> > Locales. 12 consoles.
> > Big chapter on networking and on kernel hacking.
>
> Most of that info (in one form or another) is be in the
> /docs directory on the Slackware CDrom. Of course, it
> is much better having it all in one book with a nice index.



>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
>
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