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Bug#200496: dvips does not print to printer by default



Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0.2-4.1
Severity: normal

	Hi,

	I use dvips quite often and with the last upgrade, it does
	not send to the default printer by default, but in a PS
	file instead.

	Here is the man page part :

       -P printername
[...]
       	      If no -P
              command is given, the environment variable PRINTER is checked.
[...]

	But :

julie[CV] echo $PRINTER
lp
julie[CV] dvips cv-light.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2003.06.27:1939' -> cv-light.ps
<texc.pro><aae443f0.enc><bbad153f.enc><texps.pro><special.pro>.
<cmsy10.pfb><cmmi10.pfb><wasy10.pfb>[1<photo.eps>]

	No -P, no -o and no -f options are given and it prints to PS file
	instead of directly to the lp printer...


	info dvips says :

     If no `-P' or `-o' is given, the environment variable `PRINTER' is
     checked.  If that variable exists, and a corresponding
     `config.PRINTER' (`PRINTER.cfg' on MS-DOS) file exists, it is read.

	But it should print to the printer anyway, even if it does not
	find a config file (and that's what is done with -P lp).



julie[~] dpkg -l tetex\* | grep ^ii
ii  tetex-base     2.0.2-4        basic teTeX library files
ii  tetex-bin      2.0.2-4.1      teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra    2.0.2-4        extra teTeX library files


	Thank you in advance.

Thomas.



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