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 @subsection How do I print under Cygwin?
 
+There is no working lp or lpr system as you would find on UNIX.
+
 Jason Tishler has written a couple of messages that explain how to use
 a2ps (for nicely formatted text in PostScript) and ghostscript (to print
 PostScript files on non-PostScript Windows printers).  Start at