Answered my own question. The answer here appears to be the enscript package.
Dwight On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Dwight Johnson wrote: > I am able to print PostScript files with: > > $ lpr file.ps > > to my PostScript printer on my Debian 2.2 system. > > But I am unable to print plaintext files with: > > $ lpr file.txt > > What packages or configuration am I missing to convert plaintext files to > PostScript and send them on to the printer. > > My previous Slackware, SuSE and Red Hat systems have all been configured > out of the box to do this automatically. > > The strange thing to me is that I did have this working before I started > working on the problem of why my printer was printing an extra page on > every print. So maybe I glitched something with my configuration > experiments. > > My current printcap (created with magicfilter) is: > > lp|hplj5mp|HP LJ 5MP:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj5mp:\ > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/psonly600-filter:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > Thanks in advance, > Dwight > -- > Dwight Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
