How to add space between lines?

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Fri Apr 28 06:39:20 PDT 2006


Anonymous wrote:
>>I have a PostScript prolog that emulates a line printer. By default, it
>>adjusts the
>>font size (to be strict, the height) according to the lpi setting as
>>well, but it could
>>be easily tweaked to match your needs. The emulation code simply needs
>>to be
>>prepended to the ASCII data; to write a backend script to do that is
>>quite easy.
>>
>>Drop me an e-mail if you are interested (hDOTblischkeATsrzDOTde).
>>
>>Helge
>>
>>
>>Yin Kee Yee wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Helge and all,
>>>
>>>What I'm trying to achieve here is to have my ascii/text file to print
>>>out the following format:
>>>
>>>>From ascii/text file
>>>
>>>LINE1 DATA
>>>LINE2 DATA
>>>LINE3 DATA
>>>
>>>To
>>>
>>>LINE1 DATA
>>>
>>>LINE2 DATA
>>>
>>>LINE3 DATA
>>>
>>>Basically, it just add space between each LINE(n) DATA without changing
>>>the size of the FONT. The -o lpi=VALUE text option which set the number
>>>of lines per inch seems to change the FONT size accordingly. This
>>>doesn't fit into the print format I'm trying to achieve.
>>>
>>>Is this printing format I'm trying to achieve can be done easily with
>>>CUPS standard text print option?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Yin Kee
>>>
>>>Yin Kee Yee wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>Is there a switch or option to add space between lines while printing
>>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>>ascii/text file? I can't find this information in CUPS User Manual.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestion is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Yin Kee
>>>
>>>The user manual lists specific options for text/plain printing, like lpi
>>>and cpi.
>>>Look for the lpi option in your case.
>>>
>>>Helge
>>
>>--
>>Helge Blischke
>>Softwareentwicklung
>>SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
>>http://www.srz.de
> 
> 
> Don't see your email address anywhere, Helge. I have a similar requirement here.

Look into any of my posts; the sender field contains my e-mail address

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de




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