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diff --git a/usr/man/man4/va.4 b/usr/man/man4/va.4
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--- a/usr/man/man4/va.4
+++ b/usr/man/man4/va.4
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-.TH VA 4 "27 March 1983"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
+.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
+.\"
+.\"    @(#)va.4        6.2 (Berkeley) 5/14/86
+.\"
+.TH VA 4 "May 14, 1986"

 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 va \- Benson-Varian interface
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 va \- Benson-Varian interface


@@ -10,11 +16,8 @@ va \- Benson-Varian interface
 (\fBNOTE: the configuration description, while counter-intuitive,
 is actually as shown above\fP.)
 .PP
 (\fBNOTE: the configuration description, while counter-intuitive,
 is actually as shown above\fP.)
 .PP

-The Benson-Varian printer/plotter in normally used with the programs
-.IR vpr (1),
-.IR vprint (1)
-or
-.IR vtroff (1).
+The Benson-Varian printer/plotter in normally used with the line printer
+system.

 This description is designed for those who wish to drive the Benson-Varian
 directly.
 .PP
 This description is designed for those who wish to drive the Benson-Varian
 directly.
 .PP


@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ if there is a daemon active.
 You can see if there is an active daemon by doing a
 .IR lpq (1)
 and seeing if there are any files being printed.
 You can see if there is an active daemon by doing a
 .IR lpq (1)
 and seeing if there are any files being printed.

+Printing should be turned off using
+.IR lpc (8).

 .PP
 To set the Benson-Varian into plot mode include the file
 .RI < sys/vcmd.h >
 .PP
 To set the Benson-Varian into plot mode include the file
 .RI < sys/vcmd.h >


@@ -72,33 +77,12 @@ by sending it a FF after putting it back into print mode, i.e. by
        ioctl(fileno(va), VSETSTATE, prtmd);
        write(fileno(va), "\ef\e0", 2);
 .fi
        ioctl(fileno(va), VSETSTATE, prtmd);
        write(fileno(va), "\ef\e0", 2);
 .fi

-.PP
-.BR N.B. :
-If you use the standard I/O library with the Benson-Varian you
-.B must
-do
-.IP
-setbuf(vp, vpbuf);
-.PP
-where
-.I vpbuf
-is declared
-.IP
-\fBchar\fR vpbuf[BUFSIZ];
-.PP
-otherwise the standard I/O library, thinking that the Benson-Varian
-is a terminal (since it is a character special file) will not adequately buffer
-the data you are sending to the Benson-Varian.
-This will cause it to run
-.B extremely
-slowly and tend to grind the system to a halt.

 .SH FILES
 /dev/va0
 .SH SEE ALSO
 vfont(5),
 lpr(1),
 lpd(8),
 .SH FILES
 /dev/va0
 .SH SEE ALSO
 vfont(5),
 lpr(1),
 lpd(8),

-vtroff(1),

 vp(4)
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 The following error numbers are significant at the
 vp(4)
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 The following error numbers are significant at the