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man bug?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Thu Jan 19 09:48:48 1995

From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:48:41 EST

sun (sparc IPX), athena, blah, blah...
I haven't looked at the other platforms...
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athena% man lpr

LPR(1)                    User Commands                    LPR(1)

NAME
     lpr - off line print

SYNOPSIS
     lpr [ -Pprinter ] [ -#num ] [ -aaccount ] [ -C class ] [ - J
     job ] [ -T title ] [ -ptncfrhszuk ] [ filename ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
     Lpr prints the named files when facilities become available.
     If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.

     The -Pprinter option forces output to  a  specific  printer.
     For example, to print a copy of the file cows on the printer
     helios, you would use the command

     lpr -Phelios cows

     A listing of available printers and their  capabilities  can
     be  found in printers(7), or in the Athena Document Printing
     from an Athena Workstation. If you do not specify a  printer
     using  the  -Pprinter  option, the printer name contained in
--------------------- step 2
athena% man -s 7 printers
No entry for printers in section(s) 7 of the manual.
athena% man printers
No manual entry for printers.
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whoops?

mike

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