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Unix for Advanced Users

6. Manipulating Files

6.8. Printing

There are two print systems currently in use under Unix, namely BSD style printing and SVR4 style printing. Except Linux (which uses BSD system), most commercial Unix vendors today (i.e. HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris) use SVR4 printing (some provide the BSD print commands as a front end to the SVR4 printing subsystem, such as Solaris).

BSD Style Printing Commands:

SVR4 Style Printing Commands:

You can find a more detailed description of Unix printing under the "light sysadmin" section of this course.
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