On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:26:55 +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: >Hi, > >I print out some of the HOWTOs for reading. > >say ........... > >$ zless /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Net-HOWTO.txt.gz | pr -o4 | lpr > >After a few pages the printing suddenly slips down the page and is then across >the tear line of the continuous stationary that I use. > >This has happened on all of the HOWTOs that I have printed, and despite >repositioning the paper in the middle of the print run, it will happen again >and again after a few pages each time. > >It seems that the HOWTO documents have incorrect page-breaks, but how can >this be after all this time? Is there something I could/should be doing to >correct this?
The HOW-TOs I've printed were self paginated. >Note that I pipe through the pr programme to use the -o4 setting for the pr paginates every 66 lines by default, putting a header at the top and 5 blank lines at the bottom. Perhaps the two paginations are != and are heterodyning. This is a guess on my part. Another guess--when you set the margin, you might need to add that margin to the line width i.e. -w 76. The wrap could cause the page markers in the HOWTOs to advance as line count is incremented. Definitely a SWAG. I was just reading this stuff last night--doesn't mean I understand it. gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
