> When I give a 'box' directive in the tbl input, it prints the vertical
> lines of the box one at a time, at the BOTTOM of the page, AFTER it
> has printed everything else.
> What I am doing wrong?
If your device doesn't accept reverse line feeds, you need col(1).
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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