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APS2FILE(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		   APS2FILE(1)

NAME
     aps2file — printing to a file via apsfilter

SYNOPSIS
     aps2file [-D] [-Pqueue] [-Zoptions] [-ooutput] [input]
     aps2file [-h]

DESCRIPTION
     With aps2file you can direct the printer data generated by apsfilter(1)
     into an arbitrary file without the use of a spooler.

OPTIONS
     -h		 show help screen
     -D		 enable debug mode
     -Pqueue	 select a printer queue (different from the default one)
     -Zoptions	 use apsfilter command line options (comma-separated list)
     -ooutput	 direct data stream to output (default: stdout)
     input	 read data from input (default: stdin)

     Unlike printing with lpr(1), you can only use one input file at a time.

     Using aps2file is also the recommended way to create a debugging log of a
     failed printing attempt. If you include the -D flag, the apsfilter shell
     script will log every command and print it to stderr.  To save the output
     for inclusion into a bug report, you should therefore use a command of
     the sort
	   aps2file -D -o /dev/null [-P...] [-Z...] [input] 2> log.txt

NOTES
     aps2file only works correctly with entries in /etc/printcap that have
     been created by /usr/local/share/apsfilter/SETUP.

FILES
     /etc/printcap			       printer capability data base
     /usr/local/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter  apsfilter script

SEE ALSO
     apsfilter(1), apsfilter-bug(1), apspreview(1), apsfilterrc(5),
     printcap(5)

BUGS
     See apsfilter software center - http://www.apsfilter.org/ - for new ver‐
     sions, 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 ses‐
     sion, 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 ses‐
     sion 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 com‐
     patible 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 care‐
     fully.

HISTORY
     The aps2file manpage has been written by Michael Lo�in <phallobst@web.de>
     and first appeared in apsfilter V 7.1.0.

BSD				 Dec 19, 2001				   BSD
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