[CLUE-Talk] Printing Man Pages

[Jeffery C. Cann]

Ken,

If enscript won't work for you, edit your /etc/printcap file.  There is 'pl' 
attribute (default 66) which specifies the default lines per page.  Slackware 
uses BSD printcap & print services (your mileage with other distros may vary).

In my case, my current /etc/printcap entry for my 'ascii' type files:

# Hp 722c
ascii:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ascii:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ascii/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/ascii/acct:\
        :if=/usr/local/bin/ascii.if:\
        :la:mx#0:\
        :sh:sf:

If I want 50 lines per page, I would edit this to include the 'pl' attribute: 
 (:pl=50:)

# Hp 722c
ascii:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ascii:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ascii/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/ascii/acct:\
        :if=/usr/local/bin/ascii.if:\
        :pl=50:\
        :la:mx#0:\
        :sh:sf:

Later,
Jeff
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