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1.1     ! root        1: .TH LP 4 
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: lp \- line printer
        !             4: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             5: .I Lp
        !             6: provides the interface to any of the standard
        !             7: DEC line printers.
        !             8: When it is opened or closed, a suitable number
        !             9: of page ejects is generated.
        !            10: Bytes written are printed.
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: An internal parameter within the driver determines
        !            13: whether or not the device is treated as having
        !            14: a 96- or 64-character set.
        !            15: In half-ASCII mode, lower case letters are turned
        !            16: into
        !            17: upper case
        !            18: and certain characters are escaped according to
        !            19: the following table:
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: .br
        !            22: .ns
        !            23: .TP 10
        !            24: {
        !            25: \o"-("
        !            26: .br
        !            27: .ns
        !            28: .TP 10
        !            29: }
        !            30: \o"-)"
        !            31: .br
        !            32: .ns
        !            33: .TP 10
        !            34: \`
        !            35: \o"-\'"
        !            36: .br
        !            37: .ns
        !            38: .TP 10
        !            39: |
        !            40: \o"\-!"
        !            41: .br
        !            42: .ns
        !            43: .TP 10
        !            44: ~
        !            45: \o"\-^"
        !            46: ..
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: The driver correctly interprets
        !            49: carriage returns, backspaces, tabs, and form feeds.
        !            50: A sequence of newlines which extends over the end of
        !            51: a page is turned into a form feed.
        !            52: Lines longer than 80 characters are truncated
        !            53: (This is a parameter in the driver).
        !            54: Another parameter allows indenting all printout
        !            55: if it is unpleasantly near the left margin.
        !            56: .SH FILES
        !            57: /dev/lp
        !            58: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            59: lpr(1)
        !            60: .SH BUGS
        !            61: Half-ASCII mode, the indent and the maximum line length should
        !            62: be settable by an
        !            63: .IR ioctl (2).

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