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Old 06-28-2005
Can I print ps file using enscript?
Hi,
I have ps file, I want to print with diffrent font,
is it possible to print like this?

enscript -fCourier9 test.ps

how to find enscript is installed or not?

if I enter man enscript I am able to see the documentation, but if I try
enscript -fCourier9 test.ps

I am getting

ksh: enscript: not found
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Old 06-28-2005
try
Code:
find / -name enscript 2>/dev/null

This will tell you where enscript is installed on your machine. You have to either add that path to encsript to your PATH variable or reference it by
/pathname/to/enscript
 
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