Printing to printer - Linux - LPRINT alternative?

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Overview of my approach to getting past the missing LPRINT command in Linux.

1.  Within QB64
1.1  Convert LPRINT statements to print to file.
1.2  Launch external BASH script from QB64.

2. External BASH script 
2.1  Convert text file to postscript. 
2.2  Convert postscript to pdf.
3.4  Display pdf files.

In the end, the pdf files are printed out (if necessary) and retained for design records.

This turns out to be a far more elegant solution, in my view,