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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Binary files over LPR/LPD?
Date: 5 Apr 1993 11:05:14 GMT
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In article <C4rD91.DM7@dragon.dsh.org>, gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan) writes:
|>    Is there anyway to print binary files (e.g. HP PCL5 data) through
|> lpr/lpd? Is the problem one of implementation or protocol limitations?

Yes, it works. Pretty fast, too. Using the interruptless lpt diver on the
parallel prt, though.

-Bernard