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.NH 1
Overview
both local and remote
printers, and
.IP \(bu 3
-printers attached via serial lines which require
+printers attached via serial lines that require
line initialization such as the baud rate.
.LP
Raster output devices
printers directly attached to a machine and, also, printers
accessible across a network. The manual page entry
.IR printcap (5)
-provides the ultimate definition of
+provides the authoritative definition of
the format of this data base, as well as
-indicating default values for important items
+specifying default values for important items
such as the directory in which spooling is performed.
-This document highlights the important
-information which may be placed
+This document introduces some of the
+information that may be placed
.IR printcap .