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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:40:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Hal Jackson <jackson@cs.odu.edu>
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Subject: Re: FreeeBSD 2.0.5 (fwd)
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Can you help with a FreeBSD 2.0.5 printing issue?

I can't figure out why /dev/lp
is needed by lpr. The device file is not created by installing, nor
by running /dev/MAKEDEV, nor is it even on the "live filesystem" CD #2
in the CD package.

How would one go about using lpr/lp? I have a valid printcap and all;
lpr -Pcanon produces valid output (my printer name is "canon").

I tried to see if lpd could use a different device file, but it insists
on /dev/lp, which doesn't seem to exist.