# Enscript

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{{Infobox software 
| name                   = GNU Enscript
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
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'''enscript''' is the name of a [computer program](/source/computer_program) originally written by [Adobe](/source/Adobe_Inc.) in the late 1980s that converts text files to [PostScript](/source/PostScript) for printing.<ref>{{cite web |title=ENSCRIPT(1) |url=http://www.math.utah.edu/lab/man/enscript.html |website=www.math.utah.edu |date=18 August 1992}}</ref> It has been re-implemented by many parties, including [GNU](/source/GNU) and [SPARC](/source/SPARC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Printing Using enscript |url=https://www.usj.edu.lb/pdf/admission/cur_21_pdf1.pdf |website=SPARCprinter EC Software Installation and User's Guide}}</ref>

The GNU version is released under [GNU GPL](/source/GNU_GPL) version 3. It has many additional functionalities, such as syntax highlighting, support for other page sizes, and the ability to use [RTF](/source/Rich_Text_Format) or HTML formats instead. {{As of|2020|06}}, it seems to be the only enscript still being maintained.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/ | title=GNU enscript | publisher=GNU Operating System | accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref>

The reason enscript became popular seems to be its support for [2-up](/source/N-up) printing compared to the old [pr](/source/pr_(Unix)). This is no longer a distinct functionality in any way.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nemeth |first1=Evi |last2=Snyder |first2=Garth |last3=Seebass |first3=Scott |last4=Hein |first4=Trent |title=UNIX System Administration Handbook |date=2000 |publisher=Pearson Education |isbn=978-0-13-700291-7 |pages=780 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVQ-MxB4q7kC&pg=PA780  |chapter=Printing |quote=One of enscript's main claims to fame was its implementation of 2-up printing.}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.eecs.utk.edu/resources/it/eecs-it-knowledge-base/printing/linux-printing-guide/advanced-linux-printing/ |title=Linux Printing Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220205523/http://www.eecs.utk.edu/resources/it/eecs-it-knowledge-base/printing/linux-printing-guide/advanced-linux-printing/ |archive-date=2020-02-20}}

Category:GNU Project software
Category:Free printing software

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