| Andreas Klemm on Wed, 30 May 2001 08:01:31 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: Why can't use a2ps to replace apsfilter outright? |
On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:02:06PM -0400, John Culleton wrote: > > But there are still advantages to apsfilter, > such as automatically detecting filetype etc. If I remember right a2ps doesn't do it correctly all the time ... > I must use two different logical printers --- > one for PS and one for ASCII. Not necessary anymore, upgrade or read about the -C or -Z (LPRng) options. lpr -C ascii file.xxx should do the trick. See the online manual .... > If apsfilter were adapted to my situation > I would be glad to go back to it. Well, whats your situation ? Apsfilter currently does nearly everything what a user needs ... can you clarify ? Well currently it can't drive a car ;-) BTW You should be more specific concerning errors, etc .... Otherwise we can't figure out ... Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm Apsfilter Homepage http://www.apsfilter.org Support over mailing-lists (only!) http://www.apsfilter.org/support Mailing-list archive http://www.apsfilter.org/Lists-Archives