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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
