postdmd(1)                                                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 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


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                      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 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

      REFERENCES
            download(1), dpost(1), postdaisy(1), postio(1), postmd(1),
            postprint(1), postreverse(1), posttek(1)























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