---
name: "u2ps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-u2ps"
version: "0.0.4-4.2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/u2ps"
---

# u2ps(1)

tool to convert UTF-8 text to PostScript

## NAME

u2ps - tool to convert UTF-8 text to PostScript

## SYNOPSIS

**u2ps** \[*options*\] \[*files*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **u2ps** command.

**u2ps** is a program to generate PostScript output from text files encoded using the UTF-8 charset.

The program reads its input from the given files and sends the PostScript result to the printer, to save the output to a file don't forget the **-o** option (if you want to print to standard output you use **/dev/stdout** as the output file).

## OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-?, --help**

  Show summary of options

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of the program

- **-o**, **--output**=*FILE*

  Specify the output filename

- **-X**, **--encoding**=*ENCODING*

  Set encoding of the input

- **--gpfamily**=*FAMILYNAME*

  Specify libgnomeprint font family name (the available fonts can be known executing the command **fc-list**, a good option if the default is not good is "Monospace")

- **--mail**

  Parse input file as mail

- **-t**, **--title**=*TITLE*

  Set the content title

- **--force-text**

  Disable gzip/bzip2 autodetection

## SEE ALSO

[**a2ps**(1)](/a2ps/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**u2ps** was written by Yukihiro Nakai \<nakai@gnome.gr.jp\>.

This manual page was written by Sergio Talens-Oliag \<sto@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).