POSTPRINT(1) User Commands POSTPRINT(1)

NAME

postprint - PostScript translator for text files

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

-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.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Examples of postprint.

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

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


non-zero
An error occurred.

FILES

/usr/lib/lp/postscript/forms.ps


/usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests

SEE ALSO

download(1), dpost(1), postio(1), postreverse(1), attributes(7)

May 13, 2017 POSTPRINT(1)