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Printing

 Using INFO on a printing terminal.

   Most of INFO's special  value is lost on  printing terminals, but  it
 can still help direct you to the documentation you are interested in.

   When you arrive at a node, the  header and title lines will be  typed
 out automatically to orient you.  To see any more of the node, you must
 ask explicitly.

   The staple of printing terminal INFO is the T command.  T prints  out
 the entire node - very simple.  As an alternative, the Space command on
 a printing terminal prints out ten more lines - the ones after the last
 ones you saw.   The B command  still works; it  will make Spaces  start
 printing from the beginning again.  Caret will move back 10 lines,  not
 printing them.  B and Caret are most useful on "Glass teletypes", which
 are stupid  displays  combining  the worst  features  of  displays  and
 printing terminals.

   The Dot command (redisplay  screen) will type  out the node's  header
 and title lines once again.  It  does not affect the sequence of  lines
 printed by Spaces.

   If your only interest in a node is to use its Menu, you need not type
 anything out if  you know the  name of  the topic to  specify.  If  you
 don't, then once you are into the M command you can have the Menu typed
 out for you, one item at a time, by typing Spaces.  When you have  seen
 enough, you can give the Menu item name.  Alternatively, you can type a
 "?", which will provide you  with a list of just  the names of all  the
 items in the menu.  Both  "?"  and space will  no longer work once  you
 have typed the first character of the item name.