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How do I print from an application to a line printer in Linux Mint?

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I’m using Linux Mint and I have a BASIC interpreter that normally sends the output of LPRINT, LLIST, etc. to /dev/null. I want to send it to the line printer (network connected). BASIC has a command line option:
BAS –lp filename
This is supposed to send the output to a file. It works to send it to a disk file but I want to send it to the printer file instead. I tried
BAS –lp //192.168.1.129:9100
but this creates a text file in the root called 192.168.1.129:9100
LP and LPR work fine but I can’t use them to redirect BASIC’s printer output to the printer. I need a file name for the printer.
Any ideas?

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