On 2016-06-11, at 11:42 AM, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 8, 2016, at 11:29 PM, William Ehrich <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an unformatted text file with lines of up to 72 monospace, 7 bit >> ASCII, characters which I want to print on a PC. How can I do this? > > Type FILE.TXT > LPT1 > > (or sometimes lpt or prn) > >> When I print to pdf in TextEdit the lines are wrapped at 54 characters in a >> page with lots of empty space. I just want it to look like the unformatted >> TextEdit window. As though typed on a Teletype. > > I thought you wanted to print it on a PC? I am confused.
Using TextEdit, or just about anything from Appkit, for me wants to put in giant margins (1 inch or bigger), and won't let me print edge to edge. The exception is printing a PDF from preview that has an option for printing the whole page. Otherwise, the "lpr file" command (hmm, I've actually never tried it in Mac OS, does it actually work, or is it an unsupported BSD thing?) should give you the "plain text" mode of your printer (most printers should have it), which gives you 80 characters per line, with minimal margins. --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
