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Subject: Re: Sending commands to default printer.
To: dsiliceo@adam.es (Domingo Siliceo)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:52:11 +0200 (MESZ)
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In-Reply-To: <199608191330.OAA04386@afrodita.adam.es> from "Domingo Siliceo" at Aug 19, 96 02:39:48 pm
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E-mail message from Domingo Siliceo contained:
> 
> Hi all,
> under Linux, I used to send commands to my printer this way:
> 
> 	echo -ne \\033\&k2G >> /dev/lp1
> 
> but it seems BSD does not work the same way. How could it be done?

Under FreeBSD, printer is /dev/lpt<some-number>

/Marino
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> 
> ./Domingo Siliceo
>