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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: lpr does not reject ``portable'' archive files. +Fix
Message-ID: <7457@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 19 Mar 88 01:00:18 GMT
References: <729@elxsi.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <729@elxsi.UUCP> gww@beatnix.UUCP (Gary Winiger) writes:
>	Lpr will queue an archive file in the ``portable'' archive format
>	for printing.

Why should "lpr" try to be "smarter" than its invoker?
An archive file of sources contains entirely printable information
and there is no reason it should not be spoolable to a printer.

BRL's MDQS system will gladly spool anything anywhere, and that is
what I want a spooler to do.