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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Besides pbmtolj pbm_file > /dev/lp0, could I pbmtolj pbm_file >
> > lj_file and then cat lj_file > /dev/lp0?
>
> Why not? On Unix-like operating systems, you can use devices just like
> files.
>
> > If so, is there a DOS way
> > (type?) to send the same preformatted file to a printer?
>
> DOS may not handle the escape codes correctly. unix2dos may be needed
> first. Or the equivalent option for dos2unix, which escapes me at the
> moment. Assuming it can handle it, though:
>
> type lj_file >lpt1

This worked too (though I forgot to pbmtolj -res 300 and only got the 
upper left quadrant printed, which was mostly blank).  I have written 
the person who compiled netpbm for DOS asking about pbmtolj.  He had 
steered me to DOS printgif but that is just one more step.

unix2dos (or dos2unix -d) appears to be needed only for text files to 
convert between EOL formats.


> It's been a while since I've used DOS. Maybe that command isn't right.
It is right.