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Disclaimer:
Printing from floppix works for us, your mileage may vary.
Floppix can only print text files.
Floppix cannot print on a winprinter.
To print to a local printer, it must be a parallel port printer (not serial or USB).
To print to a network printer, the server must be accessible using TCP/IP, support lpd and be configured to accept print jobs from your IP.
If printing works in your environment:
The command to print a file on a local printer is: lpr <filename>
The command to see what jobs are queued for printing is: lpq
The command to remove a job from the queue is: lprm <job number>
If a network printer is configured:
The command to print a file on a network printer is: lpr -Pnetlp <filename>
The command to see what jobs are queued for printing is: lpq -Pnetlp
The command to remove a job from the queue is: lprm -Pnetlp <job number>
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