NAME

     lp - line printer


DESCRIPTION

     The lp device refers to the line  printer  attached  to  the
     parallel  port.  Any byte written to this device is printed.
     Only one process may have the device open.

     The write (2) call may return with a smaller count then  the
     number  of bytes requested to write.  The next write call is
     then likely to fail  with  the  error  code  EAGAIN  if  the
     printer  is  out  of  paper, or EIO if the printer is turned
     off.


FILES

     /dev/lp   Parallel port device.


SEE ALSO

     lp(1).


BUGS

     Only one parallel port is supported.


AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)