postdmd(1)              UNIX System V(LP Print Service)              postdmd(1)


NAME
      postdmd - PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files

SYNOPSIS
      /usr/lib/lp/postscript/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.

      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


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postdmd(1)              UNIX System V(LP Print Service)              postdmd(1)


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