On 2021-07-16, Andreas Kohlbach <
a...@spamfence.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 02:11:52 -0000 (UTC), pH wrote:
>>
>| mpage reads plain text files or PostScript documents and prints them
>| on a PostScript printer with the text reduced in size so that several
>| pages appear on one sheet of paper.
>
> my guess is a2ps might otherwise do a similar job:
>
>| DESCRIPTION
>|
>| Convert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output
>| is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with
>| -o.
>
> It also knows about the "size" option. a2ps should be available in any
> Linux distribution. No need to install or convert external packages.
Thank-you. I'll read up on a2ps. I simply want my list of phone number to
come out on 1 page instead of two or three. mpage -2 | lpr was all I needed
to do. Although now I'll probably need 'mpage -4 | lpr'
I'll look at a2ps...
'pr' can make columns, but mpage made nicely smaller fonts.
pH