[ILUG] Printing man\troff pages openSUSE 10.2

[Robert Sweetnam]

Frank Murphy wrote:
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> Okay,
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> managed to add some man pages to manpath.
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> How can I either print off the man pages,
> or the original troff (which I can display in X)
> preferably troff as they contain graphics?
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> There doesn't appear to be a print option,
> in either case
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> Frank
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Hi,

If you have a printer up and running you can print a man page using the 
following command:

man -t manpagename | lpr

Which formats the man page using troff and redirects output to lpr. Be 
warned though some manpages are quite long indeed.

Best regards
Robert