... There isn't really any need for this section because SM doesn't distinguish between hardcopy devices such as laser printers and other devices such as graphics terminals, except that it saves up plotting commands for hardcopy devices and sends them all when you are finished. ... The two commonest incantations are probably device $printer playback device x11 or device $printer my_macro device x11 which can be simplified to hcopy and hmacro my_macro respectively. ...