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From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for "enscript" postscript text formatter
Keywords: enscript postscript unix
Message-ID: <1990Sep23.101215.27032@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 23 Sep 90 10:12:15 GMT
References: <508@tci.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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In <508@tci.UUCP> cellini@tci.UUCP (Steve Cellini) writes:

>I'm looking for a unix tool called "enscript".  It formats text
>files for printing on a postscript printer, with options for nice
>headers, two-page mode, different fonts, etc.  It's Real Nice for
>reading source listings (reduces eye strain), saves trees because
>it fits more lines on a page, and makes even ugly code look good.

You'd save even more trees with a2ps,
which prints 2 pages side-by-side,
in very small fonts.
I use it all the time in preference to enscript.

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Timothy Murphy  

e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie