Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 08:26:15 +0300
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Subject: Re: Linux lpr under DJGPP?
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> Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:23:21 +0200
> From: taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
> 
> Question: althog I can prepare my *.ps.gz under DOS and reboot to Linux
> to print them, I would appreciate doing that direcly under DOS, thus
> avoiding a reboot.
> 
>  -> is there a port of lpr/lp for DJGPP, using either a port of
> GhostScript, or calling the Aladdin release I have under windows?

You shouldn't need any lpr on DOS, just invoke Ghostscript and tell it
to output to the printer device (doesn't it do that by default?).

lpr exists on Unix because the print spool queue there is visible to
the user: you have commands to add, remove, and otherwise manage that
queue with commands like lprm, lpq, etc.  When you use lpr to print a
PostScript document, it is simply sent to a queue which knows how to
process PostScript, either by sending them to a PostScript printer or
by piping them through Ghostscript.  DOS doesn't need that.