ENSCRIPT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 12 Nov 1985
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NAME

enscript - convert text files to POSTSCRIPT format for printing

SYNOPSIS

enscript [ -12BGghKklmoqRr ] [ -Llines ] [ -ffont ] [ -Fhfont ] [ -bheader ] [ -pout ] [ spoolopts ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

enscript reads in plain text files, converts them to POSTSCRIPT format, and spools them for printing on a POSTSCRIPT printer. Fonts, headings, limited formatting options and spooling options may be specified.

For example:

: enscript -Paleph boring.txt

prints a copy of the file called boring.txt on the printer called "aleph".

: enscript -2r boring.c

prints a two-up landscape listing of the file called boring.c on the default printer (see below).

Font specifications have two parts: A font name as known to POSTSCRIPT (e.g., Times-Roman, Times-BoldItalic Helvetica, Courier), and a point size (1 point=1/72 inch - 8 point is a good small font). So Courier-Bold8 is 8 point Courier Bold, Helvetica12 is 12 point Helvetica.

The environment variable ENSCRIPT may be used to specify defaults. The value of ENSCRIPT is parsed as a string of arguments before the arguments that appear on the command line. For example "ENSCRIPT='-fTimes-Roman8'" sets your default body font to 8 point Times Roman.

The possible options are:

-2: set in two columns.
-1: set in one column (the default).
-r: rotate the output 90 degrees (landscape mode). This is good for output that requires a wide page or for program listings when used in conjunction with -2.
"enscript -2r files" is a nice way to get program listings.
-R: don't rotate, also known as portrait mode (the default).
-G: print in gaudy mode: causes page headings, dates, page numbers to be printed in a flashy style, at some slight performance expense.
-l: simulate a line printer: make pages 66 lines long and omit headers.
-B: omit page headings.
-bheader: sets the string to be used for page headings to header. The default header is constructed from the file name, its last modification date, and a page number.
-Llines: set the maximum number of lines to output on a page. Enscript usually computes how many to put on a page based on point size, and may put fewer per page than requested by lines.
-ffont: sets the font to be used for the body of each page. Defaults to Courier10, unless two column rotated mode is used, in which case it defaults to Courier7.
-Fhfont: sets the font to be used for page headings. Defaults to Courier-Bold10.
-pout: causes the POSTSCRIPT file to be written to the named file rather than being spooled for printing. As a special case, -p - will send the POSTSCRIPT to the standard output.
-g: causes the fact that a file is garbage to be ignored. Normally, any file with more than a small number of non-printing characters is suspected of being garbage, and not printed - this option means "print it anyway."
-o: If enscript cannot find characters in a font, the missing characters are listed.
-q: causes enscript to be quiet about what it is doing. Enscript won't report about pages, destination, omitted characters, etc. Fatal errors are still reported to the standard error output.
-k: enables page prefeed (if the printer supports it). This allows simple documents (e.g., program listings in one font) to print somewhat faster by keeping the printer running between pages.
-K: disable page prefeed (the default).
-h: suppress printing of job burst page.

In 4.2bsd systems, the following spooler options are also recognized:

-Pprinter: causes the output to be sent to the named printer.
-#n: causes n copies of the output to be produced. The default is one.
-m: causes the printer daemon to send mail upon job completion.
-Jname: sets the job name for use on the burst page. Otherwise, the name of the first input file will be used.
-Cclass: set the job classification for use on the burst page.

In System V, the following spooler options are also recognized:

-ttitle: sets job title for use on the burst page.
-ddest: causes the output to be sent to the named printer or printer class.
-nn: causes n copies of the output to be produced. The default is one.
-w or -m: causes the printer daemon to write or send mail upon job completion.

ENVIRONMENT

ENSCRIPT: string of options to be used by enscript.
PSLIBDIR: path name of a directory to use instead of /usr/local/lib/ps for enscript prologue and font metric files.
PSTEMPDIR: path name of temporary directory to use instead of XPSTEMDIRX of spooled temporary files.
PRINTER (4.2bsd): the name of a printer (as in the -P option) for lpr to use. If no -P option is specified, lpr will use this printer. If neither -P nor PRINTER is set, enscript will spool to a printer named ``PostScript''.
LPDEST (System V): the name of a printer (as in the -d option) for lp to use. If no -d option is specified, lp will use this printer. If neither -d nor LPDEST is set, enscript will spool to a printer class named ``PostScript''.

FILES

/usr/local/lib/ps/*.afm: font metrics files.
/usr/local/lib/ps/enscript.pro: prologue for enscript files.
lpr(1 bsd), lp(1 V): Printer spooler

DIAGNOSTICS

Should be self explanatory.

AUTHOR

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Gaudy mode by Guy Riddle of AT&T Bell Laboratories

FEATURES

Options and the ENSCRIPT environment string are parsed in getopt(3) fashion.

BUGS

Long lines are truncated. Line truncation may be off by a little bit as printer margins vary. There should be a "wrap" option and multiple (truncated or wrapped) columns.

Enscript generates temporary files which are spooled for printing. The temporary file names are used by the spooling software (e.g., lpq), rather than the symbolic job name passed to lpr.

There are too many options.

NOTES

POSTSCRIPT is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Times and Helvetica are registered trademarks of Allied Corporation.

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