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From: rbeach@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Richard Beach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: printer orientation or tab stops
Keywords: next laser printer
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.230723.27496@slate.mines.colorado.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 23:07:23 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.181443.25559@slate.mines.colorado.edu>
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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In article <1991Apr26.181443.25559@slate.mines.colorado.edu> rbeach@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Richard Beach) writes:
>
>	I have source that was done up in vi with the tabs set to 4 spaces.
>	I want to print it.
>	It loses the ends of lines off the edge of the page.
>	
>	1)  getting lpr to set the tabstops to 4 characters instead of 8.
>
>	2)  Changing some sort of default so that I get landscape mode with
>		lpr.  
>

	I have gotten a number of responses, and have gotten the problem
solved.  Thank you very much to everyone who helped.

	Several people pointed me towards the expand(1) command, which I had
overlooked before.  Something to the effect of
	alias lpr "expand \!\!:1 | /usr/ucb/lpr"
was an ideal solution for my situation.

	The enscript(1) command was also sugested for obtaining landscape
mode prints.

	Using edit to print was also sugested, but that sort of seemed
a hassle to me, since I don't always work on the console, and even when
I do, do a lot of work in a terminal window.

	Thanks again for all the help. :)


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