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line printers

All line printers have names starting with `lp'. In most situations, to print an ASCII file, the following command is used:

lpr -Pprinter filename

Files with backspace sequences (i.e. typescripts) should not be sent directly to a line printer. To eliminate these sequences, filter your file through col:

cat file | col -b | lpr

If tabs do not appear right on the printer use expand to turn them into spaces.

cat file | expand | lpr

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