How can you print a text file via gedit from the command line?

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Published on 2011-02-23T03:38:30Z Indexed on 2011/02/23 7:33 UTC
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I'd like to use gedit or some similar program just as a page formatter and pipe some text through it and onto the printer. | lpr just doesn't cut it in the presentation department. The printed output is subpar, even if I try to tinker with the margin and font size options. But I like the way text looks like when printed from gedit. Is there a way to have the best of both worlds and use a command line pipeline to print a text file with gedit-quality formatting?

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