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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Mon,  5 Jul 2010 21:11:25 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] printing over usb
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On Mon Jul  5 18:25:26 EDT 2010, james@cs.ioc.ee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I 'solved' the problem by attaching the printer to my apple airport
> express. Now I can print from plan9 using this neat trick I found
> whilst digging in 9fans:
>
> term% cat test.ps | telnet tcp!express.lan!9100
> connected to tcp!express.lan!9100 on /net/tcp/2
>

you can also print through lp(1) in this way.  i believe
the JetDirect example in /sys/lib/lp/devices is the right
template.

- erik