NAME¶
apspreview
—
preview PostScript file(s) as generated by
apsfilter
SYNOPSIS¶
apspreview |
[ -P queue ]
[-Z options ]
[input... ] |
DESCRIPTION¶
With
apspreview
you can create a PostScript
representation of the file(s) you are about to print in order to check it
before actually printing.
Your file(s) will be converted to PostScript according to the queue specific
configuration, and afterwards you will be able to print all or some pages from
your PostScript viewer application (gv, kghostview or ghostview).
OPTIONS¶
- -h
- show help screen
- -Pqueue
- select a printer queue (different from the default one)
- -Zoptions
- use
apsfilter
command line options
(comma-separated list)
- input...
- input file(s) [default: stdin]
NOTES¶
If you use the
-P
option, please remember to
pass the same printer queue on to the
lpr(1)
command.
Be careful if your printer queue configuration includes a setting to create
multiple pages per sheet
(PS_NUP=2, PS_NUP=4 or
PS_NUP=8)
. In order to make sure that
apsfilter(1) does not repeat n-up printing, use
the
1pps
command line option when actually
printing the file.
apspreview
only works correctly with entries
in
/etc/printcap that have been created by
/usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP. All configuration settings will be copied
from the relevant
apsfilterrc files.
FILES¶
- /etc/printcap
- printer capability data base
- /usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter
- apsfilter script
- /usr/bin/aps2file
- tool to save apsfilter output to a file
SEE ALSO¶
apsfilter(1),
aps2file(1),
apsfilter-bug(1),
apsfilterrc(5),
printcap(5)
BUGS¶
See apsfilter software center -
http://www.apsfilter.org/
- for new versions, bugfixes
and known bugs.
Please use the new tool
apsfilter-bug(1) to release
bug- or problem reports. It automatically presents you a
form
in an editor window which asks you
some standard questions. If you save and quit the editor session, then this
report is sent automatically via
e-mail
to
the proper apsfilter mailinglist.
If apsfilter fails to print something or prints it in a way you wouldn't expect
and you want to report an apsfilter error then please save the debugging
output of one print session using the new
aps2file(1) utility by typing
aps2file -D -Z options file > /dev/null 2>
file.debug
and including the debugging output in the file
file.debug
into the edit session of the
apsfilter-bug
utility, so that it is
included into the mail to the apsfilter mailinglist.
Please note that you need to run /bin/sh (Bourne Shell), bash or a compatible
shell, so that the above mentioned output redirection works. Under C-shell
(/bin/csh) or tcsh it would't work. If you don't know, then simply make sure
you use the Bournce shell by typing
/bin/sh
or
bash
, then you should have no problems
with redirection of
stdout
and
stderr
(> /dev/null 2> file.debug).
DOCUMENTATION¶
See official apsfilter homepage
- http://www.apsfilter.org/handbook.html
- Apsfilter Handbook including the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
USER FORUM¶
Please send questions to the official apsfilter help channel
apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org
. The above
section
BUGS
and the file
HOWTO-BUGREPORTS
tells you how to report
bugs. If you want to know how to troubleshoot your apsfilter installation,
please read the manpage
aps2file(1) and
apsfilter-bug(1) as well as the
Apsfilter Handbook
carefully.
HISTORY¶
The
apspreview
manpage has been written by
Michael Loßin <phallobst@web.de> and first appeared in apsfilter
V 7.1.0.