enscript is the name of a

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originally written by

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in the late 1980s that converts text files to

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for printing. It has been re-implemented by many parties, including

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and

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. The GNU version is released under

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version 3. It has many additional functionalities, such as syntax highlighting, support for other page sizes, and the ability to use

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or HTML formats instead. , it seems to be the only enscript still being maintained. The reason enscript became popular seems to be its support for 2-up printing compared to the old pr. This is no longer a distinct functionality in any way.

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