Why should you not print documents?

Simply put, it wastes paper.

Keep in mind

• Repeatedly printing files as you edit wastes paper.
  
• Documents with images (web pages, manuals, etc.) use a lot of toner and shorten the life of the toner cartridges drastically.
  
• Images/Pictures waste toner. It seems like a big waste to print a color picture to a black and white printer!
  

Viewing Documents

more, less, and view will allow you to view plain text files. There are man pages if you need help with any of these commands. more will let you browse through a text file. less is much like more, but it allows backward (as well as forward) movement in a file and much, much, more. view is vi set in read-only mode. You can browse through you file the same as you would in vi, but you will not change the file (unless you force it). To view a text file :

ghostview allows you to view postscript documents. Files with the .ps extension are usually postscript files. There is a man page for ghostview, if you need help. To view a postscript document with ghostview :

xv allows you to view various image formats. The manual for xv can be found on Help's main page. There is a postscript and html version. The html version may be a little easier to navigate. To view a specific image with xv :

Web pages : Rather than printing web pages, you can either save them in your home area or bookmark the page(s). Netscape : Bookmarking Pages : To bookmark a page, use the mouse to move the arrow (cursor within Netscape) to Bookmarks, which is along the top of the Netscape window. Click the right mouse button on Bookmarks and a menu will appear. Then, put the arrow on Add Bookmark and click the right mouse button. To revisit the page, simply click on Bookmarks and then click on the name of the page you want to visit. Saving Pages as Files : To save a page in your home area, use the mouse to move the arrow to File, which is along the top of the Netscape window. Click the right mouse button on File and a menu will appear. Then, put the arrow on Save As and click the right mouse button. A window will pop up that will allow you to choose the where you want to put the file, what you want to call the file and what format you would like to save the file as. To change the format of the file, click on the Format for Saved Document: . You will be able to save it as text, postscript, or source (html).

Printing tip

enscript will let you print a plain text file a little more efficiently. For example, you can print a document in landscape mode with two pages per piece of paper with enscript. To print a document in this manner :