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From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>
To: "'Karl M'" <karlm30 AT hotmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Printing locally
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:01:19 +0100 
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Hi Karl,

does your file have a formfeed at end?
If not, you may create a helper file and try

cat file ff > prn


Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Karl M [SMTP:karlm30 AT hotmail DOT com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 06, 2002 00:39
> To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject:	Re: Printing locally
> 
> Hi All...
> 
> Having watched this thread, I decided to give the printing a try (in the 
> past, I have only done Windows based printing).
> 
> If I do
> 
> cat file > prn
> 
> or
> 
> cat file > //machine/DeskJet
> 
> from a bash shell the file is sent to the printer, but the printer gets an
> 
> error (flashing error light on the printer) that must be cleared before
> the 
> file prints. After clearing the error, the page I printed for testing is 
> printed.
> 
> If I do
> 
> print file
> 
> from a bash shell, it prints just fine.
> 
> My system is a Win2kpro with everything current as of this morning.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Karl
>  
	[Heribert]  [snip] 


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