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

> To get the answer to your query, I ran "busybox --help >bb.txt", then 
> used mc to move bb.txt to the DOS area, then under DOS I opened bb.txt 
> and printed it.
>
> (Yeah, I know there would be easier methods, but so far I don't
> know them. But when the book arrives....)

The book won't help you much with printing text in BL.
See Steven's 'wp' program.  Write a document (which puts you into the 
editor) type Ctrl-R to Retrieve (import) the document, specify the path 
and file name, Ctrl-X to save it to the current directory, then choose the 
menu number for printing to an attached parallel port printer which works 
in DOS.  This wp script converts linux to DOS format, which HP inkjet 
printers need.  You may also need to hit the paper feed button to get it 
started.  Dot-matrix printers do not need the conversion or the paper feed 
button assist.

Or:
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc
(drivers for the parallel port)
insmod lp
(driver for the printer)
cat filename.txt > /dev/lp0  (lpt1)  - if a dot-matrix printer

For newer printers look at the wp script to see how to use dos2unix for 
the file conversion.

The 'normal' linuxes print with lpd and lpr, which is much more complex to 
set up and requires converting the text to pdf or ps first.


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