Printing in Cygwin

[Olaf Foellinger]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:48:54AM -0700, Robert Pollard wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been doing some research and can't come up with any information 
> on how to print from the command line as you would in Unix/Linux.  I 
> can't find lp, lpr or anything resembling these commands.  I have 
> looked at pr but it doesn't indicate that it sends output to the 
> printer.  All I understand it does is prepare a file to be printed.
> 
> The next question would be how do I set up the printer I want to print 
> to.  The printer is a HP LaserJet 5000 and on our local network.
> 
> My ultimate goal is to print from emacs but I figured the first step 
> would be to print from the command line since emacs probably will use 
> the lp command.
> 
> Any documents or information you can point me to would be greatly 
> appreciated.

This problem and the solution has been discussed on the list several
times. Please check the archives.
 
Gruss Olaf Föllinger

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