Re: printing problem, markdown files
On 2/1/24 15:31, Dan Ritter wrote: gene heskett wrote: On 2/1/24 12:24, Dan Ritter wrote: gene heskett wrote: pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by no other means than FTP to the printer itself. (Try it, Brothers come with this by default.) Thanks DSR. Scanning thru the docs I don't see anything that looks like what the print job shops of the last century called a "binding ditch". That is where the output file has say a 15mm blank space inserted on the left edge of odd numbered pages, while that same 15mm of blank space is inserted to the right of the text on even pages, leave a blank area to perfect bind the duplex pages w/o burying the text into the center crack of the opened pages. Have they adopted a new name for this? Printers (the people) still call it that. You will also want to install latex ( apt install texlive-extra-utils will get you what you need) pandoc options: -V geometry:margin=1in (all four sides) -V geometry:left=3cm,right=3cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm (separate values for each side) and finally, what you probably want: -V geometry:twoside,left=15mm,right=30mm,top=2cm,bottom=3cm I just tested that and it did a pretty nice job. My actual command: pandoc -f markdown -t pdf -V geometry:twoside,left=15mm,right=30mm,top=2cm,bottom=3cm test.md -o foo.pdf -dsr- Downright tasty stuff, thank you dsr. . Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
Re: printing problem, markdown files
gene heskett wrote: > On 2/1/24 12:24, Dan Ritter wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf > > > > will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by > > no other means than FTP to the printer itself. (Try it, Brothers > > come with this by default.) > > > > Thanks DSR. > > Scanning thru the docs I don't see anything that looks like what the print > job shops of the last century called a "binding ditch". That is where the > output file has say a 15mm blank space inserted on the left edge of odd > numbered pages, while that same 15mm of blank space is inserted to the right > of the text on even pages, leave a blank area to perfect bind the duplex > pages w/o burying the text into the center crack of the opened pages. Have > they adopted a new name for this? Printers (the people) still call it that. You will also want to install latex ( apt install texlive-extra-utils will get you what you need) pandoc options: -V geometry:margin=1in (all four sides) -V geometry:left=3cm,right=3cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm (separate values for each side) and finally, what you probably want: -V geometry:twoside,left=15mm,right=30mm,top=2cm,bottom=3cm I just tested that and it did a pretty nice job. My actual command: pandoc -f markdown -t pdf -V geometry:twoside,left=15mm,right=30mm,top=2cm,bottom=3cm test.md -o foo.pdf -dsr-
Re: printing problem, markdown files
On 2/1/24 12:24, Dan Ritter wrote: gene heskett wrote: debian bookworm everting updated earlier this morning. I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. If you don't have pandoc installed: sudo apt install pandoc then: pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by no other means than FTP to the printer itself. (Try it, Brothers come with this by default.) pandoc will translate all sorts of formats into many other formats; if you don't want PDF, HTML, docx, rtf and even epub are available. -dsr- Thanks DSR. Scanning thru the docs I don't see anything that looks like what the print job shops of the last century called a "binding ditch". That is where the output file has say a 15mm blank space inserted on the left edge of odd numbered pages, while that same 15mm of blank space is inserted to the right of the text on even pages, leave a blank area to perfect bind the duplex pages w/o burying the text into the center crack of the opened pages. Have they adopted a new name for this? Take care, stay well Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
Re: printing problem, markdown files
* 2024-02-01 11:57:50-0500, gene heskett wrote: > I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. Maybe install "okular" and "okular-extra-backends" which includes markdown backend. Open your .md file in Okular which then renders it nicely. Print. -- /// Teemu Likonen - .-.. https://www.iki.fi/tlikonen/ // OpenPGP: 6965F03973F0D4CA22B9410F0F2CAE0E07608462 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: printing problem, markdown files
gene heskett wrote: > debian bookworm everting updated earlier this morning. > > I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. If you don't have pandoc installed: sudo apt install pandoc then: pandoc -f markdown FILEIN.md -t pdf -o FILEOUT.pdf will turn markdown into PDF, which you can probably print, if by no other means than FTP to the printer itself. (Try it, Brothers come with this by default.) pandoc will translate all sorts of formats into many other formats; if you don't want PDF, HTML, docx, rtf and even epub are available. -dsr-
printing problem, markdown files
debian bookworm everting updated earlier this morning. I have an about 125 page .md file I need hardcopy of. I have loaded into geany which recognizes it as an .md file but it had so 300 char lines so I've gone thru it and reformmated the long lines to a max of 72 chars. 1: Unfortunately, both printers now suddenly have no left borders so there's no "binding ditch" when printed duplex, no room for 3 hole punching the printout. So I had geany print the line numbers which will use up some damageable space used by the hole puncher. 2. I have also lost the top border, so a 90% shrink to assure the printer does not line wrap, no longer centers it on the page, a 2nd rather revolting development. 3. I am supposedly using brothers drivers (cups_browsed is not installed) which can make both printers do everything they can do. Those are NOT $49 walmart specials, but $130 and $750 printers that can and have done flawlees book length++ printouts in the past. htop says I am using the brother drivers, but I recall the print manager that pops up when you click on any editors print menu having those features until fairly recently, but that popup menu no longer has an options tab used to set that stuff. Does anyone know of a fix? Thanks for any help Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
