David Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:13:43 MST, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > Joachim, > > > > I usually do something like 'zcat XXX-HOWTO.gz | a2ps -4' (although you > > could pipe to lpr instead). > > I don't usually print HOWTO's, but something I do with similarly > formatted text is to use enscript to print "2-up" (two pages side by > side on one page) to save trees, yet remain easily readable (less page > flipping, too). This yields postscript output, so you'll need to have > the gs package or equivalent setup if you don't have a postscript > printer. Anyway, I run a command something like: > > enscript -fTimes-Roman10 -2rG -p infile.txt outfile.ps > (I mostly do this on other unix brands, so man enscript) > > and I can view the output .ps file before printing using my favorite ps > viewer, xdvi, also packaged for Debian. Saves a lot of paper.
If you really want to save paper you can also print double sided. Just run 'psselect -o outfile.ps | lpr' to print the odd pages, flip the paper stack over, and then run 'psselect -e outfile.ps | lpr' to get the even pages. Some printers may need a '-r' in one of the psselect commands to reverse the order. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]