just discovered a2ps

[Eric Wood]

a2ps is really cool.  Great job.  I just have two questions:

1. Can I select what pages/sheets in a job to print?  For example,
"F4,44,224,L2" would print the First 4 pages, page 44, page 224, and the
last two pages if they exist and without duplication.  So, if 224 was a part
of the last 2 pages, don't reprint it.

echo "test" | a2ps -q -R -B --output=- | lpr -PR710 -Z itray=traymanual

2. Is there a way I can pass lpr options via a2ps without having to re-pipe
it?
echo "test" | a2ps -q -R -B --output=- | lpr -PR710 -Z itray=traymanual

I'd rather do:
echo "test" | a2ps -q -R -B -PR710 -PZ itray=traymanual -PZ staple=tleft

I assume a2ps is using lpr.  That way, a -PZ arguement would pass -Z
argument to lpr.  If a2ps is using lp, the maybe a -Po argument could be
used.

Any other interest in these enhancements?
-Eric Wood







My Ricoh 6513 capabilities (Listing of lp options):
Staple None/Off (default)       -o staple=off
Top Left                                -o staple=tleft
Top Right                       -o staple=tright
Two At Centers                  -o staple=2centers
Plain Paper (default)           -o mediatype=plain
Thick Paper                     -o mediatype=thick1
Extra Thick Paper               -o mediatype=thick2
Transparency                    -o mediatype=transparency
Color                           -o color=yes
Grayscale                       -o color=no
None/Off (default)              -o duplex=off
Side Binding                    -o duplex=sidebinding
Top Binding                     -o duplex=topbinding
LCT                             -o itray=lct
Tray1                           -o itray=tray1
Tray2                           -o itray=tray2
Tray3                           -o itray=tray3
Tray Manual                     -o itray=traymanual
Tray Manual Duplex              -o itray=traymd
Auto                            -o itray=auto
Off (default)                   -o sort=no
Collate                         -o sort=collate
Sort                            -o sort=sort
Stack                           -o sort=stack
Forward (default)               -o order=forward
Reverse                         -o order=reverse
CMYK (default)                  -o mode=cmyk
Grayscale                       -o mode=gray
Off (default)                   -o rotate=off
On                              -o rotate=on
Photo (default)                         -o rendering=photo
Presentation                    -o rendering=presentation
Absolute                                -o rendering=absolute
Relative                                -o rendering=relative
Letter                          -o paper=letter
Legal                           -o paper=legal
Tabloid                         -o paper=tabloid
A3                              -o paper=A3
A4                              -o paper=A4
A4SEF                           -o paper=A4SEF
A5                              -o paper=A5
A5SEF                           -o paper=A5SEF
A6                              -o paper=A6
B4                              -o paper=B4
B5                              -o paper=B5
B5SEF                           -o paper=B5SEF
B6SEF                           -o paper=B6SEF
Postcard                                -o paper=postcard
Double Postcard                 -o paper=doublepostcard
Legal 13                                -o paper=legal13
Letter SEF                      -o paper=letterSEF
13 x 19                         -o paper=13x19
Statement(8.5 x 5.5)            -o paper=statement
Statementr(5.5 x 8.5)           -o paper=statementr