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pprint
PURPOSE
Prints text files on IBM 3812 Pageprinter.
SYNTAX
+----------+ +----------+
pprint --| |--| |--|
+-- flag --+ +-- file --+
^ | ^ |
+--------+ +--------+
Note: This command does not have MBCS support.
DESCRIPTION
The pprint command filters input through pr and sends the resulting output to
an IBM 3812 Pageprinter. If no files are specified, pprint reads the standard
input.
The pprint command accepts a number of options which control job parameters,
page layout, font selection, and input filtering. Some flags accept optional
arguments which must be immediately adjacent to the corresponding flag.
Keywords (printed in boldface, below) may be abbreviated to any unique prefix
(such as p for portrait).
FLAGS
-2 Print two logical pages per physical sheet ("two-up").
-5152 Print file using emulation of PC graphics printer. Flags 2,
c, f, l, L, O, R, w, and W are ignored.
-c num Prints num copies of each page of the document. Copies are
not collated.
-e[where][,level]
Report errors to where which may be one of mail (default),
message, or trailer. Level selects the severity threshold for
error reports. Level may be one of none (default), error
(errors only), warning (warnings and errors), or all
(warnings, errors and informational messages). (Fatal errors
and internal errors are always reported.)
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-f font Print the document in font font. The available fonts and code
page tables are listed in the IBM 3812 Pageprinter Programming
Reference. Give the font name and size, and code page table
if different from fcp. For example:
pprint -fPRESTIGE.9 filea
pprint -fCourier.B10.acp filea
will print filea using the fonts PRESTIGE 9 (with the code
page fcp) and Courier Bold 10 (with code page acp)
respectively.
-h header User header as the page header for pr.
-in Indent document by prepending n blanks to each line.
-J Suppress printing of the job header page.
-ln Adjust interline spacing to print n blanks to each line.
-L[orientation] Set page orientation (default portrait). Orientation may be
one of portrait, inverted, left, right, or landscape; the
default is right. Landscape orientations (left and right)
default to a page width of 152 columns.
-mmessage Print message on the job header page.
-n[filter] Override the default input filter pr. The default for filter
is cat.
-O[width] Outline pages. Optional width selects width of border in pels
(default 3).
-Pprinter Print this file on printer (default pp).
-parg Pass arg to the input filter. This may be a single parameter
(for example, -p-h) or a string (such as -p "-h -f -m").
-R[.n] Print page rules every n lines (default 2).
-tfilter Override the default output filter lpr The default for filter
is cat.
-v Send file containing Page Map Primitive (PMP) commands to
output filter (lpr). Flags 2, c, f, i, l, L, O, R, w, and W
are ignored. PMP is described in the IBM 3812 Pageprinter
Programming Reference.
-wn Set the line width to n columns. A line width of more that 80
columns defaults to right landscape orientation.
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-W Wrap long lines. Multiple occurrences of -W toggle between
wrap and truncate.
FILES
/usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts/* .dat
Font descriptions.
/usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts*.*cp Font code page descriptions.
/usr/adm/lpd-errs Error message file (site dependent).
RELATED INFORMATION
See the following commands: "cat," "pr," and "lpr."
See IBM 3812 Pageprinter Programming Reference, S544-3268.
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