RE: Change Printed Font

From: Richard Ottinger (richard.ottinger_at_eastexcrude.com)
Date: 02/06/04

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:16:42 -0600

    Hello Pete,
    I've been working with the a2ps command and I'm having a problem setting
    the margin. When I do a # a2ps --list=defaults it returns that margin
    is set to 0, but when I view/print the ps file it looks to have about
    1/2 inch margin (1/4" margin is what I prefer), and any attempt to set
    --margin=any# doesn't have any affect on the margin.

    Here is the command that I'm using:
    # a2ps -R -B --lines-per-page=100 --borders=no --output=fname.ps
    fname.txt

    Thanks
    Richard

    -----Original Message-----
    From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-admin@redhat.com]
    On Behalf Of Pete Nesbitt
    Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:20 PM
    To: redhat-list@redhat.com
    Subject: Re: Change Printed Font

    On February 4, 2004 08:53 am, Richard Ottinger wrote:
    > Does anyone know of a way to change the font that is printed out when
    > you print a text file (lpr -Pprintername filename) from a terminal? Or

    > if its possible? I'm in console mode (not X windows). I'm using Red
    > Hat 9 with CUPS.
    >
    > I'm upgrading a Red Hat 5.2 machine which seems to have a completely
    > different font that prints from which RH 9 prints.
    >
    > The reason for upgrading the 5.2 machine is to also upgrade a database

    > that issues lpr commands to print reports. The reports are HUBAR!
    > (HOSED UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION), and there's too many to reformat.
    >
    > I noticed the Printer Configuration utility program in X that will
    > allow you to edit a printer and in the Queue Options tab change the
    > cpi and lpi (will not let me change font type) which will get the font

    > close to the same size but there's still a noticable difference in the

    > Font type thats printed.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Richard

    If your printing to a postscript printer, use a2ps. Have a look at the
    a2ps
    man page. It can be confusing but it also does a lot of stuff. It work I
    use a alias of 'print' to run something like "fold -s <file>|a2ps"
    which gives me nice font size, duplex, a header etc. It can be used to
    print
    multiple sheets on one page by reducing the text, handy for reviewing a
    long
    script and the like.

    There are a lot of options and the defaults are not what you would want,
    but
    it is a great tool to be familiar with, same with fold. Let me know if
    you
    need a hand with it. 

    -- 
Pete Nesbitt, rhce
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