On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Bogdan Taru wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to print a text file to a line printer and I've encountered this
> problem: lpr tries to concatenate two pages on a single page. This is
> really great for saving paper, but otherwise isn't very cute.
> To print the file 'shell' I've used:
>
> 'cat shell | lpr -P my_printer'.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Have fun,
> bogdan
Hi Bogdan;
I bet you're using SuSE, right? It's very simple go to /etc/apsfilterrc.
Look for the part below. SuSE defaults to 2n to save paper. The guys in
Germany are all tree huggers (ie greens). Just change it to 1n like mine
and then you'll be ok.
##############################################################################
# Description
# -----------
# FEATURE=1 tell a2ps to print 1 page on one sheet with header
# FEATURE=2 tell a2ps to print 2 pages on one sheet with header
# FEATURE=1n tell a2ps to print 1 page on one sheet without header
# FEATURE=2n tell a2ps to print 2 pages on one sheet without header
# FEATURE=1l tell a2ps to print 1 pages in landscape with header
# FEATURE=1ln tell a2ps to print 1 pages in landscape without header
#
# Default is
FEATURE=1n
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Hope this helps!
J
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