[newbie] Printing and KEdit or cat | lpr

[Murray Strome]

I asked this question before, but did not receive an answer

When I print from KEdit, or if I do cat <file> | lpr

nothing prints right away, and there is nothing in the queue.  If I then
print something else (even a blank page) from other applications (e.g.
Netscape, Star Office, WordPerfect), whatever I had tried to print
earlier gets printed, then the application document.  What is wrong with
what I am trying to do with KEdit or lpr?

Thanks for your help.

Murray