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postprint - PostScript translator for text files
postprint
[ -c num ] [ -f name ] [ -l num ] [ -m num ] [ -n num ] [ -o list ] [ -p mode
] [ -r num ] [ -s num ] [ -t num ] [ -x num ] [ -y num ] [ file... ]
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postprint
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The postprint filter translates text
files into PostScript and writes the results on the standard output. If
no files are specified, or if - is one of the input files, the standard
input is read.
- -c num
- Print num copies of each page. By default, only
one copy is printed.
- -f name
- Print files using font name. Any PostScript font
can be used, although the best results will be obtained only with constant
width fonts. The default font is Courier.
- -l num
- Set the length of a page
to num lines. By default, num is 66. Setting num to 0 is allowed, and
will cause postprint to guess a value, based on the point size that’s being
used.
- -m num
- Magnify each logical page by the factor num. Pages are scaled
uniformly about the origin, which is located near the upper left corner
of each page. The default magnification is 1.0.
- -n num
- Print num logical pages
on each piece of paper, where num can be any positive integer. By default,
num is set to 1.
- -o list
- Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
list. The list contains single numbers N and ranges N1 - N2. A missing N1
means the lowest numbered page, a missing N2 means the highest. The page
range is an expression of logical pages rather than physical sheets of
paper. For example, if you are printing two logical pages to a sheet, and
you specified a range of 4, then two sheets of paper would print, containing
four page layouts. If you specified a page range of 3-4, when requesting
two logical pages to a sheet; then only page 3 and page 4 layouts would
print, and they would appear on one physical sheet of paper.
- -p mode
- Print
files in either portrait or landscape mode. Only the first character of
mode is significant. The default mode is portrait.
- -r num
- Selects carriage
return behavior. Carriage returns are ignored if num is 0, cause a return
to column 1 if num is 1, and generate a newline if num is 2. The default
num is 0.
- -s num
- Print files using point size num. When printing in landscape
mode num is scaled by a factor that depends on the imaging area of the
device. The default size for portrait mode is 10. Note that increasing point
size increases virtual image size, so you either need to load larger paper,
or use the -l0 option to scale the number of lines per page.
- -t num
- Assume
tabs are set every num columns, starting with the first column. By default,
tabs are set every 8 columns.
- -x num
- Translate the origin num inches along
the positive x axis. The default coordinate system has the origin fixed
near the upper left corner of the page, with positive x to the right and
positive y down the page. Positive num moves everything to the right. The
default offset is 0.25 inches.
- -y num
- Translate the origin num inches along
the positive y axis. Positive num moves text up the page. The default offset
is -0.25 inches.
A new logical page is started after 66 lines have been printed on the
current page, or whenever an ASCII
form feed character is read. The number
of lines per page can be changed using the -l option. Unprintable ASCII
characters
are ignored, and lines that are too long are silently truncated by the
printer.
To print file1 and file2 in landscape mode, issue the following
command:
example% postprint -pland file1 file2
To print three logical pages
on each physical page in portrait mode:
example% postprint -n3 file
- /usr/lib/lp/postscript/forms.ps
- /usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests
-
download(1)
,
dpost(1)
, postdaisy(1)
, postdmd(1)
, postio(1)
, postmd(1)
, postreverse(1)
,
posttek(1)
An exit status of 0 is returned if files were successfully
processed.
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