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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

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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