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NAME
     lp - line printer

DESCRIPTION
     Lp provides the interface to any of the standard DEC line
     printers.  When it is opened or closed, a suitable number of
     page ejects is generated.  Bytes written are printed.

     An internal parameter within the driver determines whether
     or not the device is treated as having a 96- or 64-character
     set.  In half-ASCII mode, lower case letters are turned into
     upper case and certain characters are escaped according to
     the following table:

          {    -
          }    -
          `    -
          |    -
          ~    -

     The driver correctly interprets carriage returns, back-
     spaces, tabs, and form feeds.  A sequence of newlines which
     extends over the end of a page is turned into a form feed.
     All lines are indented 8 characters.  Lines longer than 80
     characters are truncated.  These numbers are parameters in
     the driver; another parameter allows indenting all printout
     if it is unpleasantly near the left margin.

FILES
     /dev/lp

SEE ALSO
     lpr (I)

BUGS
     Half-ASCII mode, the indent and the maximum line length
     should be settable by a call analogous to stty (II).

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