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PostScript printers for text files

To print text files to a PostScript printer, the file must first be converted to PostScript. Most of our spoolers will automatically convert text sent to them to PostScript, but it is not a good idea to count on this feature. We have two different programs to convert text to PostScript, each with their advantages and disadvantages, and different options. When run without options, all of them will produce acceptable output, but you may wish to use the options to get output which is more suitable to you.

enscript

This is part of Adobe's Transcript package, which can print 1 or 2 pages per sheet, and can do fancy headers.

mpage

Prints muliple pages per sheet (1, 2, 4, or 8).

Examples of use:

enscript -2rG -Plw2 foo
mpage -8 -Plw3 baz

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