Re: magicfilter and a2ps
Subject: magicfilter and a2ps
Date: Wed, May 26, 1999 at 01:09:29PM +0200
In reply to:Alberto Maurizi
Quoting Alberto Maurizi(alberto@alice.fisbat.bo.cnr.it):
>
> Does anybody use a2ps in magicfilter as the default for
> plain text? (e.g. to avoid waste of paper, save forests
I use a2ps 'with' magicfilter but not 'in' it. I'm not
sure of what you mean here. I have no reference to a2ps in my
/etc/printcap file.
> ... and get nicer presentation of plain text ...)
>
> If so, how could the filename and username
> be printed in the a2ps formatted page?
>
I have setup the /etc/a2ps.cfg to always print at 2 pages side by side per
sheet. The filename, date/time and user are printed on each page.
Setting up the cfg file lets me do just a2p2 filename, to acomplish
the above results. Also a2ps -4 filename will print 4 pages per sheet
with the info you desire.
> I tried using
>
> default pipe /usr/bin/a2ps -o -
>
> but I obtain "stdin" for file name and "lp" for user ("Printed
> by ..").
>
> Further, why are blank pages fed between two prints,
> if more than one file is given as input?
I don't get any blank pages between jobs so it must be something in
the a2ps.cfg. Or if you get blanks between pages printed usimg
lpr filename, I would think a problem in your /etc/printcap.
>
> Cheers,
HTH
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