[R] Equivalent of win.print for Linux

[Xavier Robin]

Thank you, it was exactly what I was looking for!

Regards,
Xavier

Le 28. 10. 11 15:45, Prof Brian Ripley a écrit :
> 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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