diff -up a2ps-4.14/lib/psgen.c.mb a2ps-4.14/lib/psgen.c

--- a2ps-4.14/lib/psgen.c.mb	2008-09-24 15:29:30.000000000 +0100

+++ a2ps-4.14/lib/psgen.c	2008-09-24 15:29:30.000000000 +0100

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ ps_escape_char (a2ps_job * job, uchar c,

   /* Printable, but not 7bit clean caracters */

   if (encoding_char_exists (job->encoding, job->status->face, c)

       && ((0177 < c) || (c < 040))) {

-    sprintf ((char *)res, "%s\\%o", res, c);

+    char *p = res + strlen (res);

+    sprintf (p, "\\%o", c);

     return 1;

   }

@@ -893,8 +894,8 @@ ps_print_char (a2ps_job * job, int c, en

   if (c > 127 && encoding_get_composite_flag (job->encoding) &&

       job->status->face != Symbol) {

     if (mb_flag) {

-        nchars = ps_escape_char (job, mb_flag, buf) + 

-	         ps_escape_char (job, c, buf);

+        nchars = ps_escape_char (job, mb_flag, buf);

+	nchars += ps_escape_char (job, c, buf);

 	job->status->wx += char_composite_WX(job, c);

 	job->status->column += nchars;

 	if (line_full) {