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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:28:45 -0400
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As a follow-up and clarification to my previous post, what I would like 
to be able to do is to pipe output to a printer, e.g.
 ls -l | lpr
This doesn't work for me as I explained previously. Using notepad /P 
instead of lpr doesn't work either. Is there a simple way to do this?
Lou
"Lou Umscheid" <jrsy DOT angl AT verizon DOT net> wrote in message 
news:loom DOT 20080717T220746-843 AT post DOT gmane DOT org...
> Rodrigo Medina <rodmedina <at> cantv.net> writes:
>
>> It is in error. There is a working lpr which is part or cygutils. See 
>> man
>> pages.
>>
>> An easier way is to used the Windows drivers. You need a Windows 
>> program
>> that could print.
>> You may use  "NOTEPAD /P" for text files and "Foxit Reader /p" for 
>> PDF files
>>
>> I hope that this can be useful
>> R.M.
>




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