The psonly600 filter should already invoke enscript for text files (enscript is the default for files which don't fit any of the other filter criteria). I believe enscript defaults to 2-up, but the filter can be edited to change this. ps600-filter does not use enscript, however (they also differ in how they process PDF files).
A simple 'lpr file.txt' works for me, at least. On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 12:57:03AM -0700, Dwight Johnson wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
