laserjet(1) DG/UX R4.11 laserjet(1)
NAME
laserjet - interface filter for an HP laserjet printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/lp/bin/laserjet [-a int] [-b int] [-c num]
[-d plex] [-f name] [-h int] [-i style] [-l int] [-o mode]
[-p num] [-r int] [-s space] [-t type] [-w weight]
[-B bin] [-E dest] [-F form] [-S char-set] [-T term]
where:
int An integral number.
name A font name.
plex simplex or duplex printing.
style Font style upright, italic, condensed, etc.
mode l (landscape) or p (portrait) orientation.
num A real number.
space fixed or prop (proportional) spacing.
type Typeface courier, line-printer, etc.
weight Font weight light, medium, bold, etc.
bin Bin feeder or paper source.
dest Output bin or paper destination.
form Form type executive, letter, legal, etc.
term A terminal type (printer type).
DESCRIPTION
The laserjet filter can be used to select advanced options on a
laserjet compatible printer. This filter takes command line options,
converts these options into laserjet escape sequences, and sends
these sequences to the standard output. The standard input is also
read and passed directly through to the standard output.
Options are:
-a int Timeout after int seconds if the printer is offline or in
some error state. A value of 0 (zero) will turn off the
timeout mechanism.
-b int Set bottom margin int lines from top margin. Also referred
to as text length.
-c int Set character pitch to int characters per inch.
-d plex Select plex printing. Supported values are:
simplex duplex duplex-short
-f name Select font name. Font names depend on the HP laserjet
printer model (or emulation). A list of the available
fonts can be printed from the control panel. Only internal
fonts are supported with this option.
-h int Set top margin at line int. A caveat to this option is
that a formfeed is issued after the escape sequence. This
formfeed results in a blank page, but assures the top
margin setting will take hold for the first page of text.
-i style Select font style style. The styles supported are:
upright italic condensed cond-italic
compressed expanded outline inline
shadow out-shadow
-l int Set left margin at column int.
-o mode Select orientation mode. Orientation can be set to
portrait or landscape. Only the first letter is
significant.
-p num Set font point size to num.
-r int Set right margin at column int.
-s space Select character spacing mode space. Spacing mode can be
set to fixed, or prop (proportional).
-t type Select typeface type. The typefaces available depend on
printer model (or emulation), and font cartridges
installed. Selecting a typeface will automatically select
the spacing. Typefaces supported are:
line-printer pica elite
courier helvetica cg-triumvirate
swiss-721 times-roman cg-times
dutch-801 letter-gothic script
prestige calson orator
presentation helvetica-c serifa
futura palatino itc-souvenir
optima itc-garamond cooper-black
coronet broadway bauer-bodoni-c
century-school university-roman helvetica-roman
futura-c itc-korinna naskh
cloister-black itc-galliard itc-avant-garde
brush blippo hobo
windsor helvetica-c helvetica-xc
peignot baskerville itc-garamond-c
trade-gothic goudy-old-style i-zapf-chancery
clarendon i-zapf-dingbats cooper
itc-bookman stick hp-gl-drafting
hp-gl-spline gill-sans univers
bodoni rockwell melior
itc-tiffany itc-clearface amelia
park-avenue handel-gothic dom-casual
itc-benguiat itc-cheltenham century-x
franklin-goth franklin-goth-c franklin-goth-xc
plantin trump-mediaeval futura-black
itc-amer-type antique-olive uncial
itc-bauhaus century-old-s itc-eras
friz-quadrata i-lubalin-graph eurostile
mincho itc-serif-gothic snell-roundhand
souvenir-gothic stymie univers-c
univers-x bernhard-modern itc-amer-type-c
excelsior gando-ronde-scr ondine
pt-barnum kaufman itc-bolt
antique-olive-c helvetica-mono revue
garamond garth-graphic itc-ronda
ocra itc-century englische-schreib
flash gothic-num stencil
ocrb akzidenz-grotesk td-logos
shannon i-stone-informal itc-stone-sans
itc-stone-serif schneidler itc-symbol
itc-weidemann copperplate-goth trajan
concorde janson-text linotype-cent
life minister new-cent-school
maru-gosikku gosikku socho
kyokasho kaisho tradition-arabic
arabic-news post-antiqua devanagari
krishna ranjit raj-raja
gyosh hebrew nork
ousbouh koufi i-franklin-goth
bem aachen americana
arnold-boecklin copperplate-goth belwe
itc-berkeley-old frutiger candida
folio corona itc-kabel
garamond-3 sabon itc-novarese
weiss hiroshige french-script
meridien mistral aster
caledonia nuptial-script lucida
adobe-w-series-1 memphis lucida-sans
syntax utopia berthold-walbaum
minion marigold itc-tiepolo
versailles itc-leawood itc-caslon
bar-codes itc-quorum engravers-old-eng
kennerly albertus aura
glypha tempo univers-news
thunderbird shelley univ-greek-math
itc-century flyer wedding-text
avenir lucia tekton
charme kuenstler-script i-n-baskerville
news-gothic medici-script carta
adobe-symbol perpetua raleigh
romic bauer-bodoni cascade-script
vag-rounded russell-square i-franklin-goth
typo-roman neuzeit-s parisian
impressum reporter-2 freestyle-script
serpentine lithos simple-arabic
maximus micr charlemagne
present-script engravers-roman formal-script
sonata doric ornaments
garamond-sim adobe-w-series-2 eccentric
adobe-garamond comm-script wilhelm-kling
tsi-caxton fette-fraktur banco
times-new cg-omega wingdings
arial
Typeface names that end with a -c are condensed or
compressed. Those that end with a -xc are extra condensed,
and those with a -x are extended or expanded.
-w weight Select stroke weight weight. Font stroke weight can be set
to any of the following:
ultra-thin extra-thin thin
extra-light light demi-light
semi-light medium semi-bold
demi-bold bold extra-bold
black extra-black ultra-black
-B bin Select bin feeder bin. The bin feeders available depend on
printer model (or emulation), and attached bin feeders.
Bin feeder can be any of the following:
standard optional upper-tray lower-tray
low-cassette mp-tray opt-cassette manual
manual-env paper-deck envelope
-E dest Select output bin dest. The output bins available depend
on printer model (or emulation).
upper-bin rear-bin
-F form Select page size form. Page size can be any of the
following:
executive letter legal ledger A4
monarch com10 DL C5
-S char-set
Select character or symbol set char-set. The symbol sets
available depend on printer model (or emulation).
-T term Use Printer type term. The default type is laserjetII, but
can be set to one of the other HP laserjet types.
Many of these options are printer dependent or may not work in
combination, so it is important to check your printers manual. If a
printer does not support a particular feature and the option is
given, then the option will usually be ignored when the file is
printed.
EXAMPLES
The laserjet filter may be access through the lp print service
facility, or may be used directly on the command line. When using
this filter on the command line, you must redirect both the input and
output of the filter. The following are examples of using the
laserjet filter on the command line.
To print file1 using internal font I00, issue the following command:
cat file1 | laserjet -f I00 | lp
To print file1 using internal font I001 with the spanish symbol set:
cat file1 | laserjet -f I001 -S spanish | lp
To print file1 using a 12 cpi prestige font in a pointsize of 10
(assuming an appropriate cartridge is installed):
cat file1 | laserjet -t prestige -c 12 -p 10 | lp
To print file1 on monarch envelopes from the envelope bin feeder:
cat file1 | laserjet -F monarch -B envelope | lp
DIAGNOSTICS
An exit status of 0 is returned if the filter succeeded. If you are
using the laserjet filter through the lp print service and a printer
fault is detected during output (e.g. carrier drop), then an error
message is sent to standard error. This message is forwarded to the
lp scheduler which in turn alerts the user of the fault.
FILES
/usr/lib/lp/terminfo/laserjet
/usr/lib/lp/bin/laserjet
/etc/lp/filter.table
SEE ALSO
lpadmin(1M), lpfilter(1M), lp(1)
NOTES
The laserjet filter is automatically configured into the lp print
service facility. In order to establish this filter as the interface
filter to your printer, you should set the printer input type to
laserjet. Additionally, the printer type should be set to the
appropriate laserjet type or printer specific type. See lpadmin(1M)
for more details on setting up printers.
When using the laserjet filter through the lp print service, you can
specify the filter options with the lp -y "modes" option. The lp
options differ from those given to the filter. See lp(1) for more
information on the "-y modes" options.
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