[R] Equivalent of win.print for Linux

[Prof Brian Ripley]

See the help for postscript ... especially the 'Printing' section.


On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Xavier Robin wrote:

> Hi!
>
> In Windows the "win.print" function allows plotting directly to a
> printer (or copying an open device to the printer). This is very
> convenient to quickly print a plot once it looks good.
>
> Is there an equivalent function under Linux? For example through CUPS,
> IPP, LPD or other ?
>
> Obviously with a printer on the parallel port one could write
> postscript("/dev/lp0") but what about network printers?
>
> Currently what I do is printing the open device to a postscript() file,
> open this file in a postscript viewer and print it from there. But I'm
> lazy and a win.print-like shortcut would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Xavier
>
> PS: I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 64bit.

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