lp versus enscript

[Jerry Feldman]

On 03/16/2011 11:57 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I needed to print and Internet Draft 2 sided and two up.  My colleague 
> suggested lpr, but that does not have enough options, but I figured out 
> how to use lp:
>
> lp -d HP-Officejet-8500 -o sides=two-sided-short-edge -o number-up=2 
> RFC5201-bis.txt
>
> But then he came back and said enscript is better and to use
>
> enscript  -2r -PHP-Officejet-8500 RFC5201-bis.txt
>
> enscript does not come installed with F14; so I would have to install 
> it.  I did a search for an online man page...
>
> This does not seem to provide 2 sided.  According to the man page it 
> looks like I need to add
>
> -DDuplex:true
>
> So in what way is enscript better than lp?  What neato things do I gain 
> by using it?
>
>
Over the years I have used a2ps(1), but enscript should also do the job
for you.

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