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NAME

       text2ps - convert text files to PostScript

SYNOPSIS

       text2ps [ options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

       Text2ps  reads the input files (standard input if none are specified) and produces PostScript code which,
       when fed to a PostScript printer, will print the files.  With text2ps it is possible to select any  font,
       point  size and number of columns.  Options and files can be intermixed on the command line.  Options are
       effective for all following files until they are overridden.

       Options

       Here follows a list of options that text2ps recognizes.  Most numeric arguments are  significant  to  one
       decimal place.  Options are evaluated from left to right.  Later options override earlier ones.

       -# n   Print n copies of each page.  (Default 1.)

       -c n   Print in n columns.  (Default 1.)

       -f font
              Print using font font.  (Default Courier.)

       -p n   Print with point size n.  (Default 9.)

       -v n   Use  a vertical spacing of n points.  If the vertical spacing is set to 0, the spacing will be 1.2
              times the point size.  (Default 0.)

       -l n   Print n lines per column.  When the line count is 0, print as many lines as  will  fit.   (Default
              0.)

       -r [p|l]
              Set the orientation to either portrait mode (p) or landscape mode (l).  (Default p.)

       -b [+|-]
              Set  page break mode.  An argument + will force new files to be always printed on a new page (this
              is the default).  After - new files will be put on the same page if there are still empty  columns
              and  the  number  of  columns,  the  orientation or the number of copies didn't change.  New files
              always start new columns.  (Default -.)

       -mt n  The top margin is n points.  (Default 63.)

       -mb n  The bottom margin is n points.  (Default 63.)

       -ml n  The left margin is n points.  (Default 59.)

       -mr n  The right margin is n points.  (Default 59.)

       -mg n  The inter-column gap is n points.  (Default 25.)

       -t [+|-]
              If the argument is + the name of the file being printed will be printed  on  each  page.   If  the
              argument is - the file name will not be printed.  -t + implies -b +.

       -T text
              Print text as title on each page.  This implies -t - and -b +.  This option can be switched off by
              specifying -t - or -t +.  (Default no title.)

       -F font
              Set the title font to font.  (Default Helvetica.)

       -P n   Set the title point size to n.  (Default 12.)

       -B n   Draw borders around each page.  The number n specifies how to draw borders.  N can have any of the
              following values or-ed in:

              1      Draw a line along the left of the page.

              2      Draw a line along the bottom of the page.

              4      Draw a line along the right of the page.

              8      Draw a line along the top of the page.

              16     Draw  a  line  between  columns.   This line does not connect to the lines along the top or
                     bottom.

              32     Draw a connecting line between the line between columns and the line along the top.

              64     Draw a connecting line between the line between columns and the line along the bottom.

              When n is 0, no border lines are drawn.  (Default no bordering lines.)

       -w n   Tab stops are set every n spaces.  Set the width of the TAB character.  (Default 8.)

       -1     Sets up options to print in one column in portrait mode with the Courier font, so that you get  66
              lines  on a page.  Equivalent to specifying the options -c 1 -f Courier -p 9 -v 0 -r p -l 0 -mt 63
              -mb 63 -ml 59 -mr 59.
              This is the default.

       -2     Sets up options to print in two columns in landscape mode with the Courier font, so that  you  get
              two  66-line columns on a page.  Equivalent to specifying the options -c 2 -f Courier -p 6 -v 0 -r
              l -l 0 -mt 63 -mb 63 -ml 59 -mr 59 -mg 25.  Together with the -1 option, this is probably the most
              useful option.

       The name - means standard input.

BUGS

       Too many options.

       There is no way to specify where the title will be placed.

       If  the  font  being  used is not a constant width font and there are other characters than just tabs and
       spaces in front of a tab, the next character may not align properly.

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