On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:01:03PM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Try some sort of filter like print/enscript: > # enscript your_file > should get your Umlaut's. > Thanks much for the hint! I installed a2ps-a4 - workes nicely - and prints Umlauts :-) Kind regards, -ewald