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From: peter@netlab.cis.brown.edu (Peter DiCamillo)
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Subject: Re: lpr implementations for MacOS (and lpr redirectors)
Summary: Another lpr from Brown
Keywords: lpr MacTCP
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Date: 14 Mar 91 01:58:24 GMT
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I've just finished updating an lpr program I wrote for MacTCP, and it is
available now via anonymous FTP to brownvm.brown.edu.  It's a self-
extracting Compact Pro archive, found in the file lpr11b1.seahqx.

This version of lpr is fairly standard, but does have a few special
features.  An option is available to have text files formatted on the
Mac.  The formatting can include interpreting the Pascal directives
{EJECT} and {TITLE text} which are used by one of our programming
courses.  For our IBM mainframe users, selecting "VM Printer" in
the "Destination" settings causes lpr to request a userid and password
which is verified by the LPD server on the host.  Finally, lpr can
print a set of files together by reading a file which lists the files
to be printed.  This version of lpr is only useful for printing Macintosh
text files.  I find it quite useful for printing MPW sources files on
our mainframe printer.

Peter DiCamillo
cmsmaint@brownvm.brown.edu