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a2ps: format files for printing on a PostScript printer

NAME

a2ps - format files for printing on a PostScript printer

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Convert FILE(s) or standard input to PostScript. By default, the output is sent to the default printer. An output file may be specified with -o.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Long options marked with * require a yes/no argument, corresponding short options stand for `yes'.

Tasks:

--version

display version

--help

display this help

--guess

report guessed types of FILES

--which

report the full path of library files named FILES

--glob

report the full path of library files matching FILES

--list=defaults

display default settings and parameters

--list=TOPIC

detailed list on TOPIC (delegations, encodings, features, variables, media, ppd, printers, prologues, style-sheets, user-options)

After having performed the task, exit successfully. Detailed lists may provide additional help on specific features.

Global:

-q, --quiet, --silent

be really quiet

-v, --verbose[=LEVEL]

set verbosity on, or to LEVEL

-=, --user-option=OPTION

use the user defined shortcut OPTION

--debug

enable debugging features

-D, --define=KEY[:VALUE]

unset variable KEY or set to VALUE

Sheets:

-M, --medium=NAME

use output medium NAME

-r, --landscape

print in landscape mode

-R, --portrait

print in portrait mode

--columns=NUM

number of columns per sheet

--rows=NUM

number of rows per sheet

--major=DIRECTION

first fill (DIRECTION=) rows, or columns

-1, -2, ..., -9

predefined font sizes and layouts for 1.. 9 virtuals

-A, --file-align=MODE

align separate files according to MODE (fill, rank page, sheet, or a number)

-j, --borders*

print borders around columns

--margin[=NUM]

define an interior margin of size NUM

The options -1.. -9 affect several primitive parameters to set up predefined layouts with 80 columns. Therefore the order matters: `-R -f40 -2' is equivalent to `-2'. To modify the layout, use `-2Rf40', or compose primitive options (`--columns', `--font-size' etc.).

Virtual pages:

--line-numbers=NUM

precede each NUM lines with its line number

-C

alias for --line-numbers=5

-f, --font-size=SIZE

use font SIZE (float) for the body text

-L, --lines-per-page=NUM

scale the font to print NUM lines per virtual

-l, --chars-per-line=NUM

scale the font to print NUM columns per virtual

-m, --catman

process FILE as a man page (same as -L66)

-T, --tabsize=NUM

set tabulator size to NUM

--non-printable-format=FMT specify how non-printable chars are printed

Headings:

-B, --no-header

no page headers at all

-b, --header[=TEXT]

set page header

-u, --underlay[=TEXT]

print TEXT under every page

--center-title[=TEXT]

set page title to TITLE

--left-title[=TEXT]

set left and right page title to TEXT

--right-title[=TEXT]

--left-footer[=TEXT]

set sheet footers to TEXT

--footer[=TEXT]

--right-footer[=TEXT]