Re: printout being chopped off...
Subject: Re: printout being chopped off...
Date: Wed, May 12, 1999 at 10:00:10AM -0700
In reply to:Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Quoting Sudhakar Chandrasekharan(thaths@netscape.com):
> Wayne Topa proclaimed:
> > I had a similar problem with my Brother Laser Printer. I finally
> > fixed it by using a2ps and changing the papersize in a2ps.cfg
> > ie Medium: Letter 607 780. I just keep changing it until I got
> > everything printing on the paper, correctly.
>
> Could you give me more information? How does a2ps work with apsfilter and
> gs?
>
Don't use apsfilter but I use it with everything else. Netscape, gv,
etc. I have a2ps defaulted to 2 pages/sheet. That works nice in
Netscape (change print box Printer: from lpr to a2ps) and you can
print 2 pages in landscape, side by side or 2 pages one over the other
in Portrait mode. I have a script that uses a2ps or enscript + psresize +
psselect + psnup to print files as 1/2/4 pages on one or both sides.
I do .ps and .pdf files from gv like that also. i haven't put that
into the script yet tho.
BTW altho I have a2ps defaulted to 2 pages per sheet if you want one
page (or 3 or 4), the command is a2ps -[1-4] overrides the default.
a2ps also handles files that have different extensions, ie gzip,gz,
bz2, bz and more.
I found a bug in the sheets.map file in the a2ps.deb file supplied
with Slink. I notified the maintainer but never heard from him and
don't know if the file has been updated or not. I have Version
4.10.4-4 installed. If anyone needs the updated sheets.map file, I
will email it on request. The bug shows up when you try to print a
gzipped file, it doesn't print.
HTH
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in anything less portable than a number two pencil.
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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>
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