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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Printing with lpr on an IRIS
- Message-ID: <ul1el1s@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 03:23:22 GMT
- References: <34907@adm.brl.mil> <261@trident.datasys.swri.edu>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <261@trident.datasys.swri.edu> noren@trident.datasys.swri.edu (Greg Noren) writes:
- | My customer has attempted the same kind of arrangement, though, and has
- | experienced problems. If I understand correctly, SGI wants you to use lpr()
- | and lp() jointly - there has been a thread on this in the past. Perhaps
- | this is what is officially *supported* by SGI, and if you're lucky enough to
- | get the purely lpr() approach to work, more power to you.
-
- No, we don't want to you to do local printing with lpr, just with lp,
- and use lpr only for remote printing (the officially supported
- configuration that is). Note that using both lp and lpr to go to the
- same printer (particularly locally!) can lead to some confusion...
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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