On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 7:34 pm, Philip Webb wrote: > 030605 Anne Wilson wrote: > AW> Does anyone get a satisfactory printout > AW> with pp 1-2 on one side, pp 3-4 on the other. > PW> i always print things with Xpp , > PW> which shows an option to print 2 or 4 pp/side. > PW> generally, Xpp is very good for printing text files. > PW> goto 'Options' -> 'Basic' -> 'Page Ordering', > PW> then fiddle with 'Page Set' & 'Scaled-down Printing'. > AW> For most things I usually use kedit or kwrite, > AW> but they don't seem to send the correct commands. > AW> GEdit doesn't seem to allow you to select printer or check page > alignment AW> In Kwrite, I found that if I used preview it opened > in GV, AW> and there I could change the command to xpp. > AW> That's much better, but it doesn't handle the short edge flip > properly. > > we have been talking slightly at cross-purposes: > i don't try to print from within an editor, > but use an Xterm on another desktop to invoke Xpp from the > command-line. just make sure you've saved the file before you print > it (smile).
Hmmm - I really can't see why a text file on my hdd should be any more difficult to print than anything else. It's all very puzzling. Anne
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