How to print a file on a network printer from cygwin?

Fri Apr 13 05:21:00 GMT 2001

Magnet Karlskrona [ mailto:kk_magnet@yahoo.com ] wrote on Wednesday,
April 11, 2001 3:55 PM:

> How can a print files on this printer from cygwin?  Is there any
> "lpr" command?

If the printer is shared via NetBIOS you can send data to it by
redirecting to its NetBIOS name:

    cat file > //host/printer

Or give a try to the freeware utility program redpr that comes with
Russell Lang's port redirection monitor redmon
( http://www.ghostgum.com.au/ ).

HTH,

Arjen Bax
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