NAME

       apspreview — preview PostScript file(s) as generated by apsfilter

SYNOPSIS

       apspreview [-Pqueue] [-Zoptions] [input...]
       apspreview [-h]

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.

Debian                                            Dec 27, 2001                                     APSPREVIEW(1)