using lpr with a second printer

Igor Gueths igueths at attbi.com
Thu May 1 18:24:24 EDT 2003


Hi Cheryl. What kind of computer do you currently have this working on? Is
it a Dell? If so what model? Thx!

May you code in the power of the source,
may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> I now have a braille embosser as lp1. I can run it using
> cat (filename) >/dev/lp1
> but I can't figure out how to get it to work with an lpr command. I see that
> there is a -P (printer) option, but I don't know what I am to use with the -P.
> It didn't like lp1 or /dev/lp1. Can anybody help me with this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheryl
>
>
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