Thanks again Ken, that worked like a charm. On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Ken Wahl wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 04:27:19 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ken Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mandrake expert mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [expert] Print text > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Richard Humphrey wrote: > > > How can i change the text that outputs to my printer from Pine. When i > > print an email, the text is too large and I would like to make it > > smaller. Is there a printer setting, or is it in Pine that i adjust it. I > > couldnt find anything. > > > > > > Richard, > > I've had the same problem and seeing your post finally made me fix it, so > thanks! It wasn't easy to track down the info though, the printing HOW-TO > and the printing usage HOW-TO were of no help and neither was the lpr man > page. I dug up the answer at Deja-news in the archives of the alt.os.linux > newsgroup. > > Here's what to do. To get pretty text the message you want to print has > to go to the program enscript first to convert the text file to > postscript. Enscript has lots of options so check out man enscript to > suit your taste. To get you started, here is how I configured mine. > > At the Pine Main Screen hit s (for setup) then p (for printer). You'll see > three stanzas, the last one will be personally configured print command. > If you haven't configured it before then it will be blank. If it is not > use d to delete whatever is there. Then a to add. After you enter "a" > it will ask for a printer name, enter "lpr" without the quotes. Then it > will ask for a print command, enter "enscript -B -f Courier9" without the > quotes and hit return. This added the personal print command but did not > tell pine to use it by default. To do that, make sure it is highlighted > and hit s (for select) then e for exit. PINE will ask you to confirm the > new configuration. Enter y for yes and you are done. > > Now you should see a dramatic difference. Enscript will let you choose > whatever font you want. I just chose Courier but instead of Courier9 you > could configure it for Times12, where 12 is the point size. > > Enjoy. > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Richard Humphrey + + [EMAIL PROTECTED] <----- Powered by Linux-----> + + http://brorich.homeip.net + + ICQ# 18339539 + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4:37am up 10:42, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00
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