xdpr(1) — bsd

XDPR(1)                              BSD                               XDPR(1)



NAME
     xdpr - dump an X window directly to a printer

SYNOPSIS
     xdpr [ filename ] [ -display host:display ] [ -Pprinter ] [ -device
     printer_device ] [ option ...  ]


DESCRIPTION
     Xdpr uses the commands xwd(1), xpr(1), and lpr(1) to dump an X window,
     process it for a particular printer type, and print it out on the printer
     of your choice.  This is the easiest way to get a printout of a window.
     Xdpr by default will print the largest possible representation of the
     window on the output page.

     The options for xdpr are the same as those for xpr, xwd, and lpr.  The
     most commonly-used options are described below; see the manual pages for
     these commands for more detailed descriptions of the many options
     available.

     filename
          Specifies a file containing a window dump (created by xwd) to be
          printed instead of selecting an X window.

     -Pprinter
          Specifies a printer to send the output to.  If a printer name is not
          specified here, xdpr (really, lpr) will send your output to the
          printer specified by the PRINTER environment variable. Be sure that
          type of the printer matches the type specified with the -device
          option.

     -display host:display[.screen]
          Normally, xdpr gets the host and display number to use from the
          environment variable ``DISPLAY''.  One can, however, specify them
          explicitly; see X(1).

     -device printer-device
          Specifies the device type of the printer.  Available printer devices
          are "ln03" for the DEC LN03, "pp" for the IBM 3812 PagePrinter, and
          "ps" for any postscript printer (e.g. DEC LN03R or LPS40).  The
          default is "ln03".

     -help
          This option displays the list of options known to xdpr.

     Any other arguments will be passed to the xwd(1), xpr(1), and lpr(1)
     commands as appropriate for each.

SEE ALSO
     xwd(1), xpr(1), lpr(1), xwud(1), X(1)

ENVIRONMENT
     DISPLAY - for which display to use by default.
     PRINTER - for which printer to use by default.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1985, 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
     Paul Boutin, MIT Project Athena

     Michael R. Gretzinger, MIT Project Athena
     Jim Gettys, MIT Project Athena

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