postdaisy(1M) (Line Printer PostScript Utilities) postdaisy(1M)
NAME
postdaisy - PostScript translator for Diablo 630 files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdaisy [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
postdaisy translates Diablo 630 daisy-wheel files into PostScript and
writes the results to standard output. If no files are specified, or
if - is one of the input files, standard input is read.
OPTIONS
-cnum Prints num copies of each page. By default only one copy is
printed.
-fname Prints text using font name. Any PostScript font can be used,
although the best results will only be obtained with constant
width fonts. The default font is Courier.
-hnum Sets the initial horizontal motion index to num. Determines the
character advance and the default point size, unless the -s
option is used. The default is 12.
-mnum Magnifies 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.
-nnum Prints num logical pages on each piece of paper, where num can
be any positive integer. By default num is set to 1.
-olist Prints 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.
-pmode Prints files in either portrait or landscape mode. Only the
first character of mode (p or l) is significant. The default
mode is portrait.
-rnum Selects carriage return and line feed behavior. If num is 1 a
line feed generates a carriage return. If num is 2 a carriage
return generates a line feed. Setting num to 3 enables both
modes.
-snum Uses point size num instead of the default value set by the
initial horizontal motion index.
-vnum Sets the initial vertical motion index to num. The default is
8.
-xnum Translates the origin num inches along the positive x axis. The
default coordinate system has the origin fixed at the center of
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the page, with positive x to the right and positive y up the
page. Positive num moves everything right. The default offset
is 0.25 inches.
-ynum Translates the origin num inches along the positive y axis.
Positive num moves everything up the page. The default offset
is 0.25 inches.
-Afile Appends a simple accounting record to file after all the input
files have been successfully translated. By default no account-
ing data is produced.
-Lfile Uses file as the PostScript prologue, which by default is
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdaisy.ps.
In addition, three options allow the insertion of arbitrary PostScript
at controlled points in the translation process:
-Cfile Copies file to the output file. file follows the prologue but
precedes any job initialization commands. file becomes part of
the job's global environment and must contain legitimate
PostScript commands.
-Pstring
Adds string to the output file. string follows the prologue but
precedes any job initialization commands. string becomes part
of the job's global environment and must be legitimate
PostScript.
-Raction
Requests special action (e.g. manual feed) on a per page or
global basis. The action string can be given as request,
request:page, or request:page:file. If page is omitted or given
as 0 the request applies to all pages. If file is omitted the
request lookup is done in /usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests.
The collection of recognized requests can be modified or
extended by changing /usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests. Multi-
ple occurrences of the -R option behave as expected.
DIAGNOSTICS
0 exit status is returned if files were successfully processed.
FILES
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdaisy.ps
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/forms.ps
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests
SEE ALSO
dpost(1M), postdmd(1M), postio(1M), postmd(1M), postprint(1M),
postreverse(1M), posttek(1M).
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