psroff(1)                                               psroff(1)



     NAME
          psroff - troff to a POSTSCRIPT printer

     SYNOPSIS
          psroff [-t] [troff-option...]  [spool-option...]  [file...]

     DESCRIPTION
          psroff is a shell script that runs troff(1) in an environ-
          ment to produce output on a POSTSCRIPT printer.  It uses
          psdit to convert troff intermediate output to POSTSCRIPT
          format, and spools this for printing.  If no files are
          specified, the standard input is used.

          In addition to the standard troff options, the following op-
          tions are understood by psroff.

          -t     Send the POSTSCRIPT output to the standard output
                 rather than spooling it to a printer.  Note that this
                 overrides the meaning of the troff -t option; if that
                 option is needed, then run troff directly.

          The following spooler options are passed on to lp.

          -ddest Causes the output to be sent to the named destina-
                 tion.

          -nn    Causes n copies of the output to be produced.  The
                 default is one.

          -h     Suppresses the printing of the job burst page.

          -r     Doesn't page-reverse the output.

          -s     Suppresses messages from lp.

          -m     Sends mail after files have been printed.

          -w     Writes to the user's terminal after files have been
                 printed.

          Using psroff is equivalent to using the standard pipeline of
          commands

             troff -Tpsc options | psdit | lp options

          Using psroff instead of this pipeline involves less typing,
          but the entire sequence may take slightly more time since a
          shell script will be executed.

     ENVIRONMENT
          LPDEST      The name of a printer (as in the -d option) for
                      lp to use.  If no -d option is specified, lp



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     psroff(1)                                               psroff(1)



                      will use this printer.  If neither -d nor LPDEST
                      is set, psroff will spool to a printer class
                      named PostScript.

     FILES
          /usr/bin/psroff
          /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*  standard macro files
          /usr/lib/font/devpsc/*
                                troff description files for POSTSCRIPT
                                virtual device.
     SEE ALSO
          daiw(1), eqn(1), lpr(1), lp(1), pic(1), psdit(1), refer(1),
          tbl(1), troff(1).
          ``nroff/troff Reference'' in A/UX Text Processing Tools.
     BUGS
          The eqn supplied with troff is different than the original.
          Use the options -r576 -m2 for best results.  Other programs
          (for example, pic) distributed with troff have the device
          names compiled in (so much for device independence!).  Use
          -T576 with the pic distributed with the Documenter's Work-
          bench.  If your output is destined for an Apple ImageWriter
          II printer, use the -Tiw flag option for both pic and eqn.

































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