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Date:	Sun, 13 May 2001 09:39:33 +0200
From:	taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
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To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Linux lpr under DJGPP?
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 

> >
> >  -> is there a port of lpr/lp for DJGPP, using either a port of
> > GhostScript, or calling the Aladdin release I have under windows?
> 
> You shouldn't need any lpr on DOS, just invoke Ghostscript and tell it
> to output to the printer device (doesn't it do that by default?).

No. By default, it displays on the screen.

Thus I change my question:

 Has somebody a procedure to call GhostScript and tell it to print the
output on a printer (specifying of course the printer resolution, the
printer type (ljet4, laserjet...), the printer channel (lpt1: lpt2:
etc.)?
> 
> lpr exists on Unix because the print spool queue there is visible to
> the user: you have commands to add, remove, and otherwise manage that
> queue with commands like lprm, lpq, etc.  When you use lpr to print a
> PostScript document, it is simply sent to a queue which knows how to
> process PostScript, either by sending them to a PostScript printer or
> by piping them through Ghostscript.  DOS doesn't need that.

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