> On Jun 12, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

You must have Textedit set in “Rich Text” mode.

> Otherwise, the "lpr file" command (hmm, I've actually never tried it in Mac 
> OS, does it actually work,

You said you wanted to print *ON A PC*.

No, it does not work on a Mac.


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