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From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 01:11:46AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:28 +0100, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote:
> > For printing from mutt, I use the following in ~/.muttrc
> > 
> > set print_command="a2ps -1 > ~/mail.ps; gv ~/mail.ps"
> > 
> > Obviously, that views the postcript file first & then I print from gv.
> 
> What about "lpr ~/mail.ps" instead of "gv ~/mail.ps"? This would
> actually send the output PS to the default printer queue, causing
> the message to be printed.
> 

I like to view it first. Make sure there are no orphaned/widowed
paragraphs etc.

If so, then I might cat it to plain ascii, edit it & then run it
through a2ps.

Works for me! Not often that I print email.


Regards,

-- 

 Frank

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