Hal Davison wrote:
Greetings..
Yes ENSCRIPT is a text to PostScript conversion service.
As usual, am a bi confused on how to implement the fit-to-page functionality. Google resources say it is used then proceeds to dance around the issue
Using the -f<fontname>@W/H option can one calculate the necessary dimensions for the print job consisting of over 200 pages?
It irritates me when people propose something else in place of what the OP wants help with, so it is with misgivings that I present what I have worked out for converting a text file to postscript, fitting the page in 3-column format, using a different tool. It took hours of trial and error (too many docs!).
/usr/bin/a2ps \ --prologue=bold \ -r \ -MLetterdj \ --columns=4 -j --font-size=7 \ --no-header \ -o outputfile.ps inputfile.txt