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Re: Text File Prints at Physical Page Boundary



On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 04:23:17PM -0400, Gil Citro wrote:
[...] 
> My problem is I want to print a plain text file from the command line,
> but when I give the command lpr <file> or lp <file> the output starts
> at the physical page boundary,   and since the printer can't print to
> the physical page boundary, some of the output is cut off.   I've
> always just used lpr to print text files under Unix, but am new to
> Debian.  Is there another way to print text files with an appropriate
> margin?  Thanks.

When it comes to printing plain text files with some basic formatting
(like reasonable margins), I tend to rely on enscript. It's even
available as a .deb
 
Good luck!
 --j

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