How do you type a vim buffer through lpr?

Question

I want to print a buffer, and I do it like this:

:%!lpr 

Which works, but it deletes the buffer, and I need to restore it with u . Is there a better way to print a buffer (or a range of lines in it)?

Answer 1

 :%w !lpr 

or, using the built-in print command,

 :hardcopy