ccs029@underdog.ucdavis.edu (Val Luck) (04/08/91)
Hello: I have a large textfile I print on a unix machine to a laser printer by: troff -ms -t filename | lpr which works fine. Is there a way I coulg get this in two column output? Piping throuh "col" didn't work either... Any suggestions? Please email any results.. --Val -- ****************************************************************************** |------| _|___|_ Internet: ** Today is the tomorrow | | | | | | valuck@ucdavis.edu ** that you worried about |------| --------- ** yesterday.
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (04/10/91)
In article <12659@aggie.ucdavis.edu> ccs029@underdog.ucdavis.edu (Val Luck) writes: >Hello: > >I have a large textfile I print on a unix machine to a laser printer by: > >troff -ms -t filename | lpr > >which works fine. Is there a way I coulg get this in two column output? >Piping throuh "col" didn't work either... Any suggestions? Do you want two columns in your troff output, or two *pages* on each page of output. These are two different things. The former can be done by macros in the -ms set, and the latter needs extra software. If you're using Postscript, "psnup" (recently appeared in comp.sources.misc) may do what you want. Psnup was recently posted in comp.sources.misc. You'd have to modify your print spooler to get psnup to work in your environment. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Internet: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: (ferret-request@eci386); Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386, current patchlevel is *7*.