gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote: > > >I wonder if somebody could educate me on duplex printing with lpr > >command from the base > > > What does actually happen with the document when I use switch -s2 in > > a2ps? > > > Thanks > > Predrag > > lpr is very minimal. It could have a filter added > to send a file through a2ps on its way to the physical printer. > You could wrap a one or two line shell script > around lpr to do the same thing. > > a2ps generates postscript for the text input > It adds a flag to print duplex in that postscript. > The printer interprets that and does what you asked. > > You can send a postscript command string to set the > printer into duplex mode and another to reset it. > I don't remember it offhand. It's one or two lines > to set a value into devicedict or systemdict. > If you look at the a2ps sources it's in there. > > Geoff Steckel
Thanks a bunch! Bruno was onto something. Somebody pointed out to me off the list that %! <</Duplex true>>setpagedevice at the beginning of a PostScript file I am trying to print is all I really need. Predrag
