Re: Print filter/tool recommendations?

[John Carline <jtc@stic.net>]

Svante Signell wrote:

> Anyone who can recommend good print filters for ordinary text?
>
> lpr gives lousy output: pages are too long and wide, the font is too large.
> lpf or pr is not much of use either.
>
> man -k print|grep filter gives:
> lpf (1)              - general printer filter
> magicfilter (8)      - automatic configurable printer filter
> magicfilterconfig (8) - writes interactively a printcap file.
> fixpspps (1)         - filter to fix PSPrint PostScript so PSUtils work
> vprint (1)           - print filter to break long lines
>
> Not much here either. Pointers, suggestions?

magicfilter didn't work? Or did you not try magicfilterconfig?

I'm currently using a deskjet (HP890C) and magicfilter is working fine. If you've
tried it and it still doesn't size right maybe (only a wild guess) fonts?.

John


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