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What I get on the printer is long and incomprehensible. It does not seem to correspond to what I wanted to print.
You are probably printing a PostScript file or equivalent. Try to print
with ‘-Z’: a2ps will try to do his best to find what is the
program that can help you (see Your Delegations). In case of doubt,
don’t hesitate to save into a file, and check the content with
Ghostview, or equivalent:
$ a2ps my_weird_file -Z -o mwf.ps $ gv mwf.ps |
If your a2ps is correctly installed, you can use the ‘display’ fake-printer:
$ a2ps my_weird_file -Z -P display |
If it is incorrect, ask for help around you.