printing to a network printer

[Harry Putnam]

John Wendel <jwendel at fnmoc.navy.mil> writes:

> I'm not much of a network quru, but I've found that "netcat" is very 
> helpful when setting up this kind of stuff. It's the swiss-army-knife 
> of network tools. Very easy way to test network connectivity.
>
> I use it all the time to send formatted postscript to a jet-direct HP 
> printer, since I'm too lazy to configure a print spooler <grin>.
>
> Google for "netcat" or check freshmeat.

Should part of your install as `nc-1.10-18' (possibly a different
version number)  Or get it with `up2date nc'