[R] Equivalent of win.print for Linux

[Xavier Robin]

Thanks Raphael,

dev.print will create a copy of the device into another device, but it
won't actually push the data to a paper printer unless that other device
represents a printer device (as win.print does).

Typically in Windows I use it together with win.print as
dev.print(win.print, printer=blah)

Now the question is, is there a printer device equivalent to win.print
for Linux?

Thanks,
Xavier

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 15:23, Raphael Saldanha wrote:
> I have never used, but take a look on ?dev.print
> 
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Xavier Robin <Xavier.Robin at unige.ch>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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