Hi, as described on http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.a2ps.bugs/2583, there is a bug in a2ps that makes its postscript output incompatible with Adobe's distiller (and therefore OS X's Preview.app and its printing system). e.g. do: $ sudo port install a2ps $ echo "Test text" >> test.txt $ a2ps -o test.ps test.txt Then either open test.ps in Preview.app or run $ pstopdf test.ps Which results in the error: %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: iso1dict; ErrorInfo: CharOffsets %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %% pstopdf failed on file test.ps with error code -31000 Shorter, less useful errors with the same origin result if you open test.ps in Preview.app or send a2ps's output straight to printer (omit -o test.ps). That post includes a fix, which I've applied (post-installation) to my MacPorts a2ps installation and confirmed working. a2ps itself is currently without a maintainer, so it seems unlikely that the proposed fix (or any other) will be picked up for inclusion in the gnu tree any time soon. The a2ps port is also without a maintainer. Since this is a bug which makes a2ps of extremely limited use on OS X, is the fix worth including in MacPorts? I am completely new to MacPorts (migrated from Fink a week ago), so I am certain that someone more experienced could add this patch to the a2ps Portfile in five minutes. If no one has the time, I'd be happy to take a look at what's involved myself (pointers welcome). -- Mike