An alternative answer to printing a file is that writing the file to:
                %/prn/
        seems to work on Windows OS, and a similar strategy works on Amigas.

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [REBOL] system call? how? Re:
> Date: Sunday, 10 October 1999 8:50 AM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Those were the words of [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > 1: how does one execute a system call? I need to print a file I
retrieved
> > from a http site
> 
> Short answer: You don't.
> 
> Long answer: It's not possible in Rebol/core, you'll have to wait
>     for rebol/command, or something like that. Up to then, just
>     save it, and use an external program. (Or build yourself a
>     print server, that talks tcp/ip)
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Ingo
> 
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