[R] Equivalent of win.print for Linux

Xavier Robin Xavier.Robin at unige.ch
Fri Oct 28 15:16:55 CEST 2011


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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