On Thu, September 3, 2015 10:28 am, David Wright wrote: > Personally, a2ps has been broken for years because it doesn't handle > unicode.
Fooey on unicode, then. I need a2ps; but I lived for years without unicode. > Quoting rlhar...@oplink.net (rlhar...@oplink.net): > >> With Lenny and a HP4100 PostScript printer, a two-pages-per-sheet >> spread printed by a2ps is cut off on both the left and the right. > Left and right wrt the sheet of paper, or wrt the original pages > which, presumably, have been rotated by 90° for printing 2-up. The original pages -- the first several columns of the left-hand page; the last several columns of the right-hand page >> A search with google reveals that a problem of this sort arose ten or >> twelve years ago, but I see no current reports. >> >> Papersize is configured for "letter" 8.5 x 11 inches. > > Two checks: whether a2ps thinks it's printing to A4 which is longer > and narrower than Letter, and whether a2ps is not allowing for the > unprintable area at the top and bottom of the paper on many printers. > (It's had special deskjet margins ever since I can remember.) > >> With previous distributions, a2ps has worked properly right out of the >> box. I have been running Jessie since it became available as "beta", >> but I did not notice the problem until recently, so perhaps an upgrade >> of a2ps is at fault? > > Anything is possible, but I notice that the latest upstream change to > a2ps is stamped 2007-12-29 Masayuki Hatta <mha...@gnu.org>. Of course, > it's always possible therefore that Lenny's version is positively 20th > century! > > Is is significant that the *first* match of "paper" in > /usr/share/doc/a2ps/changelog.Debian.gz is the line > * libpaper support is missing in the upstream. I'll port it ASAP. > > > My own use of a2ps was entirely in an international environment, > ie A3, A4 and A5 paper sizes. I'm still trying to get to grips with the > archaic sizes here; it's like going back to junior school. Thanks for the explanation.
