Re: Changing the font w/ lpr?

On 2024-12-15, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

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

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That is not trivial.
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You have to follow the chain of conversions that your distribution uses
from text to postscript in cups. It is probably using a2ps.
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I have never done this, so I can not explain it.
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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.
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man a2ps for the options.
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Once you get all the options you need, create a script.
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Thank-you for hint.  I looked at all the conversion programs and ones like
ascii2ps were not to be found...so thanks for the a2ps hint.
I see that's not installed, either, so I'll put it in and start reading up
on it.

pH