NAME

pstext, pps − output filters for the IBM 4216 Personal Pageprinter

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/pp4216/pstext [ −c ] [ −wwidth ] [ −llength ] [ −iindent ] [ −n login ]

/usr/lib/pp4216/pps

DESCRIPTION

These functions are not normally called by the user, but invoked as output filters by lpr(1) . 

Pstext is invoked as the default output filter by lpr(1) for the IBM 4216 Personal Pageprinter.  Pstext takes ASCII text from the standard input, wraps a PostScript program around it, and writes it to the standard output for printing on the IBM 4216 Personal Pageprinter.  It can also be used by itself to help facilitate writing a PostScript program by redirecting its output into a file and using an editor to customize it.  The following options are recognized.  The −c option passes control characters to the printer.  The width and the length of a page in characters are specified by the −wwidth and the −llength option.  The number of spaces to indent is specified by the −iindent option.  The last option, −n login, specifies the home directory in which to look for the file .psrc.  This file should contain the name of the font to be used.  If this file does not exist, then the font Courier is used. 

Pps is invoked as the −v (PostScript) output filter by lpr(1).  Pps reads a PostScript program from the standard input and writes it to the standard output for printing on the IBM 4216 Personal Pageprinter.  Messages from the printer will be passed to syslogd(8) during the beginning of the print job.  After that, messages may be read by cat(1) /dev/ps?.  Note that these messages may be left over from a previous print job. 

SEE ALSO

lpr(1), ps(4), ldps(8), ldfnt(8), bits4216(1), showps(1)
R. Campbell, “4.3BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual”, in UNIX System Manager’s Manual

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