SDB:Printer prints horizontally

Aplicable to

Symptom:

ASCII files are printed horizontally and in a small font.

Cause:

This is done deliberately. Doing this two DIN A4 pages are brought into one and a header is added. This is an advantage particularly in program listings.

Solution:

If you wish to change this behaviour the variable to be changed (FEATURE) is to be found in /etc/apsfilterrc ... from around line 241 to 257:

 ##############################################################################
 # (7)   Here you can determine, how a2ps (ascii to Postscript converter)
 #       formats your documents...
 #       here you can select between 4 predefined choices
 ##############################################################################
 # Description
 # -----------
 # FEATURE=1       tell a2ps to print 1 page  on one sheet with    header
 # FEATURE=2       tell a2ps to print 2 pages on one sheet with    header
 # FEATURE=1n      tell a2ps to print 1 page  on one sheet without header
 # FEATURE=2n      tell a2ps to print 2 pages on one sheet without header
 # FEATURE=1l      tell a2ps to print 1 pages in landscape with    header
 # FEATURE=1ln     tell a2ps to print 1 pages in landscape without header
 #
 # Default is
 FEATURE=2
 

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