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

[deleted helpful comments on setting permissions and suid]

> > lpr already works for 'user' but not 'root'
>
> You could send the data directly to the printer (as wp and the netpbm
> scripts do now). That would eliminate the need for a user account due
> to lpr's permission problem. An lpr script could accept a postscript
> file on stdin and use ghostscript to filter it, then send it to the
> printer.

It would help to not need lpr and gs at all.  I will investigate whether 
Abiword can output something that I can convert to pbm for use with a 
deskjet.  Thanks for the netpbm idea.

> David