Trying to resize text and fix margins ... filter for this?

[Anonymous]

> Matt Juszczak wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got our cups install working perfectly.  I have a text document,
> > and when I do:
> >
> > cat <filename> | lpr
> >
> > it works great.  The thing is, this document is plain text, and I now
> > want to be able to: 1) Make the font-size smaller (size 11 instead of
> > size 12); and 2) make the margins smaller (so we can fit more on a
> > page).
> >
> > Can someone point me to a documentation that will show me how I can
> > install a printer filter?  I hear about all the time, and I saw the
> > filler binary in the documentation page, but I am still at a loss for
> > exactly how to go about piping something through a filter.
>
> Well, in this case you probably don't need to write a filter, just
> pass in options as documented in the SUM!
>
> The following command prints the text file with 1/4" (18 point)
> margins on all sides, with the text scaled so that you have 12
> characters per inch and 8 lines per inch:
>
>      cat filename | lpr -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=18 \
>          -o page-right=18 -o page-top=18 -o page-bottom=18
>


Thanks!! This worked!!

Now I need to add our company logo to the top of the first page of every job.... Are there examples on these types of filters out there?  A solid RTFM would be OK :) I just need some documents.

Thanks!

-Matt



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