NAME

ptroff − print troff files on IBM 3812 Pageprinter

SYNOPSIS

ptroff [ options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

Ptroff prints troff source files on an IBM 3812 Pageprinter using /usr/ibm/troff. If no files are specified, ptroff reads the standard input. 

Ptroff accepts a number of options which control job parameters, page layout, font selection, and input filtering; some flags are passed through to /usr/ibm/troff. 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 (e.g. ma for mail). 

The flags −[Faimnoqr] are passed to /usr/ibm/troff, and are documented elsewhere. The following flags are recognized by ptroff:

−cn Print n copies of each page of the document. Copies are not collated. 

−e[where][,level]
Report errors to where. Where 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). 

−Elprname
Run actual troff job “elsewhere”.  Usually run on the print server.  The name to identify a particular printer at your site is found in /etc/printcap. 

−eqn Invoke the eqn preprocessor on the input. 

−hheader
Use header as the file name on the job header page. 

−J Suppress printing of the job header page. 

−L[orientation]
Set page orientation (default portrait).  Orientation may be one of portrait, inverted, left, or right.  The default for orientation is right.  Left and right are landscape orientations. 

−Mmessage
Print message on the job header page. 

−Pprinter
Send output to printer.

−pic Invoke the pic preprocessor on the input. 

−t Print the output of ditroff on the standard output.  Do not send output to printer. 

−tbl Invoke the tbl preprocessor on the input. 

NOTES

The output of the -t command is an intermediate language produced by troff; it is not a text approximation of troff output. 

BUGS

The only setting of where for the −e flag that is implemented is mail. 

The −E flag is not fully implemented. 

The −L flag is not implemented for the “portrait" option. 

FILES

/usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts/∗.datFont descriptions
/usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts/∗.∗cpFont codepage descriptions
/etc/printcap

SEE ALSO

font3812(5), width3812(8),

“The IBM 3812 Pageprinter” in Volume II, Supplementary Documents

PRPQs 5799-WZQ/5799-PFF: IBM/4.3  —  Sept 1988