[ale] Printing Suggestions

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

I think the -f option for mpage will do the trick.

--Michael

Robert L. Harris writes:
 > 
 > 
 > At the office we have an HP Laserjet 8100L.  I'm used to apsfilter which
 > has worked great in the past.  I'm trying to print to this booger using
 > standard lpr.  When I "lpr test.txt" it looks nice, except for lines that
 > go off the edge, they just disappear, no line wrap or anything.  When
 > I have to print reports I don't want to go in and manually clean up
 > the text since I just want to scan down it or have for personal reference
 > in a meeting.  
 > 
 > I've tried using the "raw" and "auto" interfaces.  Also tried diffent
 > drives, but it seems none of them work.
 > 
 > Cups doesn't appear to have a valid version for Debian right now, is it
 > worth converting an RPM and configuring?  Is there anything better?

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