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11-30-2007, 01:34 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: Gentoo Hardened using OpenRC not Systemd
Posts: 1,495
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how do I make lpr always print page numbers
how can i make lpr always print page numbers?
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11-30-2007, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Northeastern Michigan, where Carhartt is a Designer Label
Distribution: Slackware 32- & 64-bit Stable
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Take a look at the a2ps utility.
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11-30-2007, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Distribution: Gentoo Hardened using OpenRC not Systemd
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I've got the answer.
alias lpr='lpr -p '
I found this from the man pages.
Quote:
-p
Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded
header with the date, time, job name, and page number. This option
is equivalent to "-o prettyprint" and is only useful when printing
text files.
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