On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:39, Russell Shaw wrote: > Hi, > When i do: cp test.txt /dev/lp0 > shouldn't it blindly copy the text > to the port and return immediately? > (it hangs) That depends, in some cases that could work unless you have a printer like hp deskjet 710, 720 etc who require additional filtering, the models mentioned require (cpu intensive) filtering thru a pnm2ppa filter.
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