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troff & columns

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From: Val Luck
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1991 20:22
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Hello:

I have a large textfile I print on a unix machine to a laser printer by:

troff -ms -t filename | lpr

which works fine.  Is there a way I coulg get this in two column output?
Piping throuh "col" didn't work either...  Any suggestions?

Please email any results..

--Val
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Subject: troff & columns
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