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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 14:13:00 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Want to print your #Linux and #Unix manual pages? Try

   Save the PostScript version to a file:
   man -t {command} {command|.ps
   man -t date date.ps
   file date.ps
   xdg-open date.ps

   You send the PostScript directly to default printer:
   man -t {command} | lp

   This will send date manual page to the printer named hp0:
   man -t date | lpr -Php0

   • Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 19:55:53 JST Peter Krefting

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     @nixCraft I find man pages easier to read when using the PostScript renderer than the text-mode renderer, the problem is that there are so many steps needed to get to the file you want.

     Here's my take on it, a script that opens a manual page as a PDF (pages can then be printed if wanted):
     https://www.softwolves.com/wolfblog/2024/11/19/making-man-pages-easier-to-read/