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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Troff - "Typesetter busy" message
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 20:51:44 EDT
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In article <643@ora.UUCP> tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly) writes:
>   troff -t -mx -Tsomedevice | postprocessor | lp -dsomedevice

This isn't right, at least for most implementations of troff.

Old (C/A/T) troff:
	troff -t -mx | cat-interpreter...
New (DI) troff:
	troff -Tdevice-name -mx | postprocessor...
Since -mx is actually an abbreviation for a filename, NOT an option
(gross, isn't it?), it should follow all actual options.
Many postprocessors handle spooling automatically so the user
doesn't have to pipe into a spooler.