printer command lp options -o

fhleung · 03-16-2008, 06:43 AM

Have anyone ever use lp to print? Anyone know if it support printing multipages like 2 pages to 1

tronayne · 03-16-2008, 08:07 AM

Yes, been using lp for about 30 years or so. Yes, it'll support multiple pages... but, much easier, a2ps (look at at /etc/a2ps.cfg and set the Medium (paper) value, if I remember correctly it defaults to A4).

If you've got CUPS set up for your printer(s) (so all the features are available), then lp and a2ps will work just fine.

fhleung · 03-16-2008, 10:13 PM

I got CUPS running, but still can not find what I need. The a2ps can generate ps type file.

My questions is, how to print multi pages (like 2) into a single page.

This feature is available in a document viewer program in Debian, how about command lpr and lp ?

tronayne · 03-17-2008, 03:31 PM

CUPS should be able to handle output from a2ps, converting from PostScript to your printer (when you have CUPS installed you have a different version of lp).

An easy test is to

Code:

echo "Hello, world!" | a2ps

and see what you get.

prad77 · 03-17-2008, 04:11 PM

this should help...

psnup -2 | lpr

See man psnup for more.

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michaelk · 09-19-2014, 10:04 PM

Have you tried the number-up option.

http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html

jlinkels · 09-20-2014, 06:57 AM

For some reason this fairly long time member fhleung is necroposting in a considerable number of threads. In threads he posted before. Posts are incoherent sometimes. Given the number of posts it cannot be a newly created spam bot. But it looks a lot like a hijacked identity.

Reported for attention of the moderators.

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