Enscript Printing Utility

Version:   OS:   Solaris Software Type:   Unix Tools This software is available for Anyone .

What is Enscript?

Enscript converts text files to PostScript and spools generated PostScript output to the specified printer or writes it to file. If no input files are given, enscript processes standard input. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and has many options which can be used to customize printouts.

Where is Enscript?

Enscript is available on all engineering UNIX workstations. It is also available on Windows systems if you ssh to scully.

Using enscript

Enscript has many options. Some of the more useful are:

-r landscape mode, rotate page 90 degrees

-1,-2, --columns=num specify how many columns each page should have

Sample:

enscript -2r foo.txt

See the man pages for enscript for additional options

 

License Description

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Keywords: printing utility