NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       la88of - Filter for the Japanese LA88 printer

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/lbin/la88of  [-c]  [-h  host] [-i indent] [-l length]
       [-L locale] [-n login] [-w width] [accounting_file]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Prints control characters.  Specifies the amount of indentation.
 The default is no (no indentation).  Specifies the
       host name of the job owner. This name can contain Japanese
       characters.   Specifies  the  page  length  in  lines. The
       default value is 66.  Specifies the printer codeset.  This
       value  must  be a valid locale name.  The default value is
       ja_JP.deckanji.  Specifies  the  login  name  of  the  job
       owner.  This name can contain Japanese characters.  Specifies
 the page width in columns. The default value is  132.

OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the file to record accounting information.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  la88of  filter  is  used  to filter text data for the
       LA88-J printer. The filter handles the device dependencies
       of the printer and performs accounting functions. At print
       job completion times, accounting records  are  written  to
       the  file  specified  by the af field in the /etc/printcap
       file.

       The filter can handle plain text files and files that have
       been  preprocessed by nroff.  Either kind of file can contain
 non-ASCII characters.  The  filter  translates  nroff
       control  sequences  for  underlining,  superscripting, and
       subscripting into the proper  control  sequences  for  the
       LA88 printer.

       The  la88of filter can be the specified filter in both the
       of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file.  For  more
       information on these fields, see printcap(4).

       The  LA88-J  printer can be configured to use the software
       on-demand  loading  (SoftODL)  mechanism  to  print  userdefined
  characters (UDCs). The i18n_printing(5) reference
       page describes the SoftODL mechanism.

       To  enable  SoftODL  printing,  set  the   ys   field   in
       /etc/printcap  to 256.  You can also set the default SoftODL
 database, style, and size by using the odldb and  odlstyle
 options in the ya field.  If you specify a value for
       the yt field, use fifo.  Refer  to  printcap(4)  for  more
       information on these fields and associated options.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  lpr  command supports a number of options and associated
 arguments to enable localization  features  supported
       by  various  printers.  The following can be used with the
       la88of print filter: To specify the SoftODL database  path
       To specify SoftODL font style and size

       For  a complete description of the -A option and its arguments,
 refer to lpr(1).

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  lf  field  (default  value  is  /dev/null)   in   the
       /etc/printcap file specifies the name of the error log.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)

       Files: printcap(4)

       Others: i18n_printing(5)



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