Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:38:41 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org>, "Ian Todd" <isa@mailbox.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to print a man page Message-ID: <200311291538.41583.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200311282018.57848.ajacoutot@lphp.org> References: <web-188788669@mail01.infosat.net> <200311282018.57848.ajacoutot@lphp.org>
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 05:48, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 20:10, Ian Todd wrote: > > I have installed a local printer on /dev/lp0. I want to > > print a man page how do i do that? Will it also fit onto > > the page? i dont need to setup the size of my page?Thanks. > > $ groff -Tps -man /path/to/man/page/man.1 | lpr -P PS-Printer > This is making hard work of it. You need to first find the path to the=20 man page; but man itself is capable of preparing a PS output: $ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer Malcolm Kay
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