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Condensing into multiple pdf pages per sheet, via command line

Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page instead of one. I can easily open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer) evince slides.pdf-->Print-->Page ...
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How can I print two small files on the same page with a2ps?

I'm using Ubuntu Linux 12.0.4.1 LTS and I like the auto-formatting that a2ps does. I just want to print several small files using as few pages as possible. Example: a2ps file1.c file2.c file3.c ...
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Print text file from command line without shell “print” command

I have a printer, an HP DeskJet 712C, that I cannot print to via the shell "print" command in Windows 7 or Windows XP. I think this is because this particular printer is a "software" printer, ...
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Is it possible to print without CUPS?

Having a SOHO printer, HP DeskJet 3940 is it possible to print with lpr/lpd on Debian GNU/Linux? The Debian Wiki says that LPR. The still commonly used traditional printing system is called lpr ...
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Print dynamic PDF in command line using acroread

I'm using debian, acroread version 9.5.1 is installed (latest as far as I know). What I want to accomplish is to print a dynamic PDF via command line. Dynamic PDFs are those, where the rendering is ...
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Add a printer in command prompt to a local port

I want to add a printer with my custom driver to a local port and not a printer port. I tried the following command rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Test Printer" /f ...
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Printing from Windows 7 command line

I'm looking to automate some printing in Windows 7. Ideally from command line. Just as if I would've right-clicked and selected "Print". Tried the command: C:\>print /D:"CutePDF Writer" test.txt ...
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printing multiple files with lpr

When printing multiple files using lpr and the -p option, the name of the first file is printed in the header for all files. How can this behavior be modified such that the correct file name is ...
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net use to connect a shared printer

I have a Windows 7 machine connected to a printer. I use another PC (in the same group) running Vista to connect this shared printer via COMMAND: net use lpt2 \\Win7NAME\SHAREDPRINTERNAME ...
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How can I copy a print file to a networked printer?

I have an Epson TM-T88V network printer. I can print to it using the printer driver. But I need to copy a "print file" to the printer using the command line, and this causes problems. I cannot use ...
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Sending DYMO xml label files directly to printer

Is this possible on either lin or win? I've had this working with a Zebra printer by just using COPY/cat to send the EPL text file to the USB port, but no such luck with DYMO. Under win I can print ...
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How do I use Command line to open and print or just print multiple pdf files?

I have a folder with quite a few pdf reports in it that I would like to setup to print automatically using the Task Scheduler in Windows and command lines to open adobe, the specific files, and then ...
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DOS commands for Epson dot matrix not working

Our Epson dot matrix printer is not printing on the following DOS command.: Type text.txt>prn But it does print perfectly on: open TEXT.txt>File>Print What is the issue here?
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Printing transcript with ANSI escape sequence

Is there a way to print a transcript generated using script that is coloured using ANSI escape sequences while preserving the colours? I am on Mac OS X 10.6, but any tool that works on ...
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How can I print a textfile on the command prompt in Windows?

How can I print the content of a textfile on the command prompt in Windows? In Linux I can do this with less textfile.txt, more textfile.txt or cat textfile.txt What is the command for this in ...
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Dye Sub printer with specific prints remaining - can I command-line query this?

Hey, I've got a Sony Dye-Sub printer that holds ink/paper sets - i.e. a very certain amount of ink and paper for ~200 prints. This information is available to me from within Control Panel > Printers ...
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NET USE LPT2: printer_port

This I understand: net use P: \\SOME_COMPUTER\SOME_SHARE net use P: \\1.2.3.4\SOME_SHARE (the second argument is a logical share on the given computer) This, I do NOT understand: net use LPT2: ...