Richard Hector wrote: >Hi all, > >This I think should be simple ... > >I have an old dot matrix printer - ugly, slow, but cheap and handles >lineflow. <snip> > >Is there some good way to get the best of both worlds? I want my pages >neatly broken at the perforations, and I'd rather the system kept the >required records, so that after every job, the printer is lined up at >the top of the next page. > >Page numbers and filename headers would be nice too, though I think >emacs adds its own, and I don't want two - I guess 2 queues would solve >that. > >The 'pr' utility looks like it will do some of what I want - can I just >install that as a filter somewhere? <snip>
'pr' works for me on my dot-matrix printer. For text files do pr <file> | lpr -Praw I imagine a small shell script could automate for you. BTW, pr is a really nice utility. -- gt [EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem with people who have no vices is that they are sure to have annoying virtues. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]