NAME

     apspreview — preview PostScript file(s) as generated by apsfilter

SYNOPSIS

     apspreview [-Pqueue] [-Zoptions] [input...]
     apspreview [-h]

DESCRIPTION

     With apspreview you can create a PostScript representation of the file(s) you are about to
     print in order to check it before actually printing.

     Your file(s) will be converted to PostScript according to the queue specific configuration,
     and afterwards you will be able to print all or some pages from your PostScript viewer
     application (gv, kghostview or ghostview).

OPTIONS

     -h          show help screen
     -Pqueue     select a printer queue (different from the default one)
     -Zoptions   use apsfilter command line options (comma-separated list)
     input...    input file(s) [default: stdin]

NOTES

     If you use the -P option, please remember to pass the same printer queue on to the lpr(1)
     command.

     Be careful if your printer queue configuration includes a setting to create multiple pages
     per sheet (PS_NUP=2, PS_NUP=4 or PS_NUP=8).  In order to make sure that apsfilter(1) does
     not repeat n-up printing, use the 1pps command line option when actually printing the file.

     apspreview only works correctly with entries in /etc/printcap that have been created by
     /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP. All configuration settings will be copied from the relevant
     apsfilterrc files.

FILES

     /etc/printcap                       printer capability data base
     /usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter  apsfilter script
     /usr/bin/aps2file                   tool to save apsfilter output to a file

SEE ALSO

     apsfilter(1), aps2file(1), apsfilter-bug(1), apsfilterrc(5), printcap(5)

BUGS

     See apsfilter software center - http://www.apsfilter.org/ - for new versions, bugfixes and
     known bugs.

     Please use the new tool apsfilter-bug(1) to release bug- or problem reports. It
     automatically presents you a form in an editor window which asks you some standard
     questions.  If you save and quit the editor session, then this report is sent automatically
     via e-mail to the proper apsfilter mailinglist.

     If apsfilter fails to print something or prints it in a way you wouldn't expect and you want
     to report an apsfilter error then please save the debugging output of one print session
     using the new aps2file(1) utility by typing aps2file -D -Z options file > /dev/null 2>
     file.debug and including the debugging output in the file file.debug into the edit session
     of the apsfilter-bug utility, so that it is included into the mail to the apsfilter
     mailinglist.

     Please note that you need to run /bin/sh (Bourne Shell), bash or a compatible shell, so that
     the above mentioned output redirection works. Under C-shell (/bin/csh) or tcsh it would't
     work. If you don't know, then simply make sure you use the Bournce shell by typing /bin/sh
     or bash, then you should have no problems with redirection of stdout and stderr (> /dev/null
     2> file.debug).

DOCUMENTATION

     See official apsfilter homepage
     http://www.apsfilter.org/handbook.html   Apsfilter Handbook including the Frequently Asked
                                              Questions (FAQ)

USER FORUM

     Please send questions to the official apsfilter help channel apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org.
     The above section BUGS and the file HOWTO-BUGREPORTS tells you how to report bugs.  If you
     want to know how to troubleshoot your apsfilter installation, please read the manpage
     aps2file(1) and apsfilter-bug(1) as well as the Apsfilter Handbook carefully.

HISTORY

     The apspreview manpage has been written by Michael Loßin <phallobst@web.de> and first
     appeared in apsfilter V 7.1.0.