Re: Changing the font w/ lpr?

On 2024-12-15 22:46, pH wrote:

Hi folks.
 I like to write my letters using jstar and then print them
like so:
 pr -o4 -t myfile | lpr
 After I see the pretty print I can do w/ libreoffice the plain old
10 pitch lineprinter font is kind of clunky.
 I'd really like to change it to 12 pitch at the least.  I'm a long time
WordStar devotee and want to stick w/ good old jstar.
 I use LO when it seems the thing to do as when I want to embed photos in the
text but....
 I've not see how/where to change the default pitch for lpr to use.
 Thanks.
 Pureheart in Aptos

That is not trivial.
You have to follow the chain of conversions that your distribution uses from text to postscript in cups. It is probably using a2ps.
I have never done this, so I can not explain it.
The other method is that you do the conversion from ascii to ps yourself, manually, and then submit to the printer the already fully created postcript instead of the ascii.
man a2ps for the options.
Once you get all the options you need, create a script.
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Cheers, Carlos.