postdmd(1)           (Line Printer Spooling Utilities)           postdmd(1)


   NAME
         postdmd - PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files

   SYNOPSIS
         postdmd [options] [files]

   DESCRIPTION
         postdmd translates DMD bitmap files, as produced by dmdps, or files
         written in the Ninth Edition bitfile(9.5) format 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.  The following options are understood:

         -b num    Pack the bitmap in the output file using num byte patterns.
                   A value of 0 turns off all packing of the output file.  By
                   default, num is 6.

         -c num    Print num copies of each page.  By default only one copy is
                   printed.

         -f        Flip the sense of the bits in files before printing the
                   bitmaps.

         -m num    Magnify each logical page by the factor num.  Pages are
                   scaled uniformly about the origin, which by default is
                   located at the center 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.

         -p mode   Print files in either portrait or landscape mode.  Only the
                   first character of mode is significant.  The default mode
                   is portrait.

         -x num    Translate the origin num inches along the positive x axis.
                   The default coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
                   center of the page, with positive x to the right and
                   positive y up the page.  Positive num moves everything
                   right.  The default offset is 0 inches.

         -y num    Translate the origin num inches along the positive y axis.
                   Positive num moves everything up the page.  The default
                   offset is 0.




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   postdmd(1)           (Line Printer Spooling Utilities)           postdmd(1)


         Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page, and each of the
         input files must contain complete descriptions of at least one
         bitmap.  Decreasing the pattern size using the -b option may help
         throughput on printers with fast processors (such as PS-810s), while
         increasing the pattern size will often be the right move on older
         models (such as PS-800s).

   DIAGNOSTICS
         An exit status of 0 is returned if files were successfully processed.

   FILES
         /usr/lib/postscript/postdmd.ps
         /usr/lib/postscript/forms.ps
         /usr/lib/postscript/ps.requests

   SEE ALSO
         download(1), dpost(1), postdaisy(1), postio(1), postmd(1),
         postprint(1),
         postreverse(1), posttek(1).


































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