> Isn't switching on the local printer just a matter of sending the > proper VT100-standard escape sequence? Of course, you have to be > running a terminal which supports this. I know xterm does, but weird > features like this aren't well supported. > > The sequence is <ESC>[5i begins printing all received text to the > local printer, and <ESC>[4i stops. So > > echo '\e[5i'; cat file; echo '\e[4i' > > might substitute, assuming of course that local printing works with > your terminal. > > - J< > > I will give this a try, see if I can come up with anything. Thanks for the ideas and info!
