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From: nwykes@nyx.cs.du.edu (Nathan Wykes)
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Subject: Printing and remotely calling in
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I have a couple of questions.  I am very new to UNIX and 386BSD so forgive me.

>From my very, very, limited knowledge of unix, I know that printer port LPT1
is accessed through /dev/lp or /dev/lp0 (please correct me if I'm wrong).
In the binary dist, there are no /dev/lp* drivers.  How do I print to LPT1?
Also, the printer is postscript, so my next question is, after I do finally
figure out how to print to the port, how do I convert to ps?

2nd question:
Is there a way possible to use my modem on com1 to call in from home and
remotely use the system?

later.
Nathan E Wykes
nwykes@nyx.cs.du.edu