Re: [LIH] local printing without using spooler

[Sreeji K Das]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> We want to print to a local printer bypassing the spooler. How this 
> can be done under Linux ?

Simplest:
cat <filename> > /dev/lp? :-)

(mm.. exclude :-) from command line !)
If it's any otherfile, you'd have to use gs to convert & then print.


Sreeji


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