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Note:
tl
To eliminate confusion, you should give the local and remote
printers the same name, except where an existing local default
name is required.
Q
Use the local printer name as the lpr entry on the lpr command
line to direct the print.
The printer names used to invoke the different filters are as
follows:
1pb
1Pa
lpbf
lpaf
-
Binary files (no filters)
-
ASCII files (carriage returns at line ends)
-
Binary file with form feed at file end
-
ASCII file with form feed at file end
All other printer names will be treated the same as lpb.
Note:
Some versions of lpr strip out all control characters and carriage
return characters from a file before it is sent, making it unsuitable for
bit-imagefiles or font downloadfiles. In many cases the “-l” option
may be used on the lpr command line to prevent this happening
(worth tying even if this option is not documented).
The following is an example of sending a text file “txtfile” via lpr
with a form feed appended:
lpr -Plpaf txtfile
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