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24 Feb
1998
24 Feb
'98
11:55
On 23-Feb-98 adcarlso@visinet.ca wrote:
2. I have tried printing with cat filename > /dev/lp1
and the result is the "staircase" effect? Is there a way to get around this when using this method or must lpr be used?
Check the Printing-HOWTO. You need to put an entry in your /etc/printcap that
adds a CR before each LF. There's a simple example in there.
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Jonathan Markevich