# Aliases for small print (paper- and space-saving) # and modified format on printers. # # After you source this file in the csh on a unix system, the commands # "Lpr", "spew", "minispew" and "microspew" should give variants of the # standard "lpr" command for printing plain text, as described in the # chart below. The last three print material in smaller-print # multi-column format. I added the "Lpr" alias in 2007, after a change # in our Department's software caused the "lpr" command to give a # different sort of output from what I was used to (point-size 11 # instead of 10, and flush with the left margin instead of indented). # "Lpr" restores the earlier behavior. # # I am not an expert in flavors of unix. I run csh in a Solaris # environment. If you find it doesn't work as described on some other # unix context, let me know. # # command|point|cols per|lines per|lines per | comments # | size| page | column | page # Lpr 10 1 x 66 = 66 # spew 6 2 x 106 = 212 small, but not hard to read # minispew 4 3 x 149 = 447 very small # microspew 3 4 x 186 = 744 some can read it, some can't # (~1000% space saved over Lpr) # # If you find these aliases useful, you might copy the lines # of this file not beginning with "#" into your .cshrc file # alias Lpr 'enscript -f Courier10 -i6 -B' alias spew 'enscript -f Courier6 -2 -B' alias minispew 'enscript -f Courier4 --columns=3 -B' alias microspew 'enscript -f Courier3 --columns=4 -B' # # If you don't like these names, you can, of course, modify them.