Neil Moore-Smith wrote:
> I'm using lpd to send Linux prints to an HP Laserjet connected to an NT
> server, which is working fine.
>
> However, when I print "man" pages, they come out unreadable because the man
> print processor puts print into bold by sending the characters twice with a
> backspace in between.
>
> Does anyone know where this gets changed on man version 1.5b. I looked at
> the manual page for man and it says that /etc/man.conf is the configuration
> file. I changed the print processor lines to:-
>
> TROFF /usr/bin/groff -Tlj4 -mandoc
> NROFF /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -P-u -P-b
>
> Certainly the second line should skip the underlines and backspaces, but
> there seems to be no effect. You can't have a filter on a remote printer,
> and NT certainly doesn't give any assistance. Any ideas?
The simplest solution would be to filter the man output through `col -b'.
Better still, use e.g. `man -t ... | gs -sDEVICE=ljet3 ...' for prettier
output.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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