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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
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Subject: Re: Changing the font w/ lpr?
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:57:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-15 22:46, pH wrote:
>> Hi folks.
>> 
>> I like to write my letters using jstar and then print them
>> like so:
>> 
>> pr -o4 -t myfile | lpr
>> 
>> After I see the pretty print I can do w/ libreoffice the plain old
>> 10 pitch lineprinter font is kind of clunky.
>> 
>> I'd really like to change it to 12 pitch at the least.  I'm a long time
>> WordStar devotee and want to stick w/ good old jstar.

The good old "lpr" sent raw ascii bytes to the printer.
The program you need to do simple formatting in PostScript before
handing the file to CUPS is the "enscript" program. Simple and well
documented.