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From: archetyp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph R Pickert)
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Subject: Re: MacMINIX: /dev/lp, ps fixes
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Date: 19 Nov 90 18:26:56 GMT
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deo@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steven Furber) writes:

>Has anyone been able to use the printer (/dev/lp) with very much success?  So
>far when I try to print I get about 1 page with the rest of  it cut off.  I've
>checked to make sure that the /dev/lp is set up according to /etc/stup_root.

/dev/lp buffers up a page in memory.  Always use pr to print to it.
If you print 1.5 pages, the second page won't come out until you print
an additional .5 pages (in lines that is, not chars or words).  

For ps, don't forget to chmod the new ps you built so it can read /dev/kmem.