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DBM469X(5)             COMMAND REFERENCE             DBM469X(5)



NAME
     dbm_469X, dbm_4692, dbm_4693D, dbm_4696 - GRF data base
     files for Tektronix Color Printers

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm4692
     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm4693D
     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm4696

DESCRIPTION
     The screen copy utilities xgrf (x_grf(1)), and stgrf
     (st_grf(1)) use the /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm_469X files to map
     command line printer options to Generic Raster Format (GRF)
     tags and value fields.  These tags compose the GRF header in
     the image file queued for printing.  For further information
     on GRF headers and tags, see grf(5).

     Three Tektronix color printers are supported by these data
     base files: the Tektronix 4692, 4693D, and 4696.

     Each entry in a dbm_469X file consists of multiple lines
     with four fields: a GRF tag-name, a set of tag-values, a
     command line option and help message information.  Fields
     are separated by the colon character(:).

     The GRF tag-name is a tag entered in the GRF header for the
     image file being converted from X Windows System or
     Smalltalk format into GRF format.  The GRF tag is generated
     when the corresponding command line option is entered by the
     user.  This field is required.

     The tag-value field contains multiple values separated by
     the (|) character.  Each tag-value can consist of up to
     three parts.  If the first character is the (*) character,
     then the tag-value is a processing(1) option that invokes
     the processing command on the GRF image file when it is
     spooled.  Processing performs enhanced image processing such
     as dithering (see tcprdither(5)) on an image file.  The next
     part of the field represents the GRF tag-value to supply
     with the GRF tag-name in the GRF header. If this field is
     followed by the (;) character, an optional field must be
     supplied.  This represents the command line option argument
     that will generate the tag-value.  If this field is missing,
     the tag-value is used as the command line option argument.

     Any symbol in the tag-value field surrounded by the @
     character is designated by the system as a keyword. The
     system recognizes two valid keywords that can be used as
     placeholders in the tag-value field. They are:

     @color@      Any valid color can be used for the symbol in
                  the tag-value field.



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DBM469X(5)             COMMAND REFERENCE             DBM469X(5)



     @index@      Any valid color map index can be used for the
                  symbol in the tag-value field.

     The command line option field contains a single character.
     This is the command line option letter necessary to generate
     the GRF tag-name and value in the GRF header.

     The help message field contains a character string enclosed
     in double quotes (") that is used to generate help messages
     for the xgrf and stgrf utilities when the -h option is
     given.

     The (#) character is the comment character. All characters
     following and including the comment character are ignored
     until the newline character is read.

     The (\) character is used for two purposes: 1) Escape any
     other special characters so they will not be interpreted.
     2) Continue an entry on a new line.  Any entry terminated
     with the (\) character followed by the newline character is
     continued on the next line.

EXAMPLES
     The following example shows the entry in the file
     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm_4693D necessary to invoke black and white
     pixel inversion by the processing command rather than by the
     4693D color printer.

     The example also shows how the none command argument is
     translated into the GRF tag-value pass. The (*) character
     marks the local GRF tag-value to invoke processing.

          invert_bw:pass;none|invert|*local|*@color@=@color@|default\
                :I:"enable/disable inversion of black and white"

     The example is invoked by the command:

          xgrf -I local

     The system would also recognize a command containing -I
     red=blue by using the @color@ keyword as a placeholder. The
     labels red and blue would have to be defined colors for the
     xgrf or stgrf utility.

FILES
     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm_4692   GRF data base file for Tektronix
                              4692 color printer.

     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm_4693D  GRF data base file for Tektronix
                              4693D color printer.

     /usr/lib/tcpr/dbm_4696   GRF data base file for Tektronix



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DBM469X(5)             COMMAND REFERENCE             DBM469X(5)



                              4696 color printer.

SEE ALSO
     screencopy(1), x_grf(1), st_grf(1), processing(1),
     grf_header.469X(5), grf(5).

REFERENCES
     For more information, consult the Users Manual for your
     system.














































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