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From: dleeds@MCS.COM (Daniel Leeds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Printer help
Date: 18 Jul 1994 21:16:58 -0500
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I have a cheap panasonic 9 pin printer that I would like to use for
printing source code, dumps of output etc...
The only way I know of printing from FreeBSD is doing a: cat file > /dev/lpt0
There has to be a better way ;) Can anyone point me to any suggestions
on how to make or obtain a basic filter to use the printer.
One so I could say like "lp file" and have it print to the printer with
the right spacing, page breaks etc...
Thanks
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Daniel Leeds FreeBSD 1.1.5
dleeds@mcs.com salmacis
dleeds@ais.net 486 DX2/66
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