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Date:      Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:14:08 +1030
From:      Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
To:        Libby Charles-CCL044 <Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com>, 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:  <200311291614.08990.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <370596D46C9BD711B61A00065BF365888A179D@il06exm12>
References:  <370596D46C9BD711B61A00065BF365888A179D@il06exm12>

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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:43, Libby Charles-CCL044 wrote:
> You could just pipe the output of man directly to lpr:
>
> =09man manpage |lpr
>
> This produces a great output which I use in my classes all the time.
>

If you really think this is 'great output' then if you have a postscript=20
printer (or a print system accepting postscript) try:
$ man -t manpage | lpr -P PS-Printer

and compare the difference.

 Malcolm Kay




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