NAME

psroff − troff to a POSTSCRIPT printer

SYNOPSIS

psroff [ −t ] [ troff options ] [ spooler options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

psroff is a shell script that runs troff(1) in an environment to produce output on a POSTSCRIPT printer.  It uses psdit(1) to convert troff intermediate output to POSTSCRIPT format, and spools this for printing.  If no files are specified, the standard input is used. 

In addition to the standard troffoptions, the following option is understood by psroff:

−t sends the POSTSCRIPT output to the standard output, rather than spooling it to a printer.  Note that this overrides the meaning of the troff −t option; if you want that, run troff directly. 

The following spooler options are passed on to lp(1).

−ddest
causes the output to be sent to the named destination.

−nn causes n copies of the output to be produced.  The default is one. 

−h suppress the printing of the job burst page. 

−r don’t page-reverse the output. 

−s suppress messages from lp.

−m send mail after files have been printed. 

−w write to user’s terminal after files have been printed. 

ENVIRONMENT

LPDESTthe name of a printer (as in the −d option) for lp to use.  If no −d option is specified, lp will use this printer.  If neither −d nor LPDEST is set, psroff will spool to a printer class named “PostScript”. 

FILES

/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.∗standard macro files
/usr/lib/font/devpsc/∗troff description files for POSTSCRIPT virtual device. 

SEE ALSO

lp(1), troff(1), psdit(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), refer(1). 
J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User’s Manual
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial and A Typesetter-independent TROFF
Documenter’s Workbench

AUTHOR

Adobe Systems Incorporated

NOTES

POSTSCRIPT is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 
Documenter’s Workbench is a trademark of AT&T Technologies.

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987