ppdof - Text to PostScript print filter
/usr/lbin/ppdof +Cfilename [-n login] [-h host] [...]
Use of the print flags is dependent on the features available
on the print device, and on the current status of
those features. For example, when you select a particular
paper size, the appropriate paper must be correctly loaded
in the paper trays.
Options in /etc/printcap
The following options are set in the /etc/printcap file
and can be specified using the + switch. For example:
:if=/usr/lbin/ppdof +Bupper +Cln32.rpd:\
You can also specify command line options in the
/etc/printcap file using the + switch. For example:
:if=/usr/lbin/ppdof +Olandscape +Cln32.rpd:\
Here, the -Olandscape option is specified. Specifies the
default tray name to select for printing the banner page.
For example:
:of=/usr/lbin/ppdof +Bupper +Cln32.rpd:\
In this example, the banner page will be printed on
whatever stock is currently loaded into the upper
tray on the selected print device. Specifies the
printer configuration file to use for the print
job. Specifies the unit of measurement to be
inches or centimeters for lines per inch (lpi),
characters per inch (cpi), and page margin options.
The default value is inches. Specifies the default
tray name to select for printing the trailer page.
For example: :if=/usr/lbin/ppdof +olower
+Cln32.rpd:\
Command Line Options [Toc] [Back]
Specify print filter options at the command line using the
lpr command as follows. Multiple -O options are supported.
Specifies the host name from which the job owner is submitting
the print command. Specifies the login (account)
name of the job owner. Specifies the name of the output
tray where the printed pages are placed. Specifies the
page width in columns for portrait and landscape printing.
A page width of 0 instructs the filter to use 80 columns
in portrait orientation and 132 columns in landscape orientation.
Specifies the tray name from which print paper
is selected. The printer may select an alternate tray when
the paper size provided in the tray does not match the
document requirements. Specifies the number of sides to
print on each sheet. You can specify sides as follows: 1
or one - Print on one side of the sheet. 2 or two - Print
on both sides of the sheet (duplex printing). Specifies
options related to page orientation, formatting, and features
as follows: Specifies the number of characters to
print per inch. Specifies only even numbered sheets are
to be printed. Specifies the printed output is parallel
to the long side of the page. Specifies the number of
lines to print per page. Specifies the number of lines to
print per inch. Specifies only odd numbered sheets are to
be printed. Specifies the range of pages to be printed,
starting with page number m and ending with page number n.
Specifies to print the list of options provided by the
printer configuration file which includes paper sizes,
input and output paper tray names. For example: # lpr
-Oprint /etc/motd
(Note that the file /etc/motd is specified to satisfy
lpr command line requirements, the file itself
is not printed.) Specifies the printed output is
parallel to the short side of the page. [Tru64
UNIX] Continues text lines that exceed the right
hand margin. [Tru64 UNIX] Truncates text lines
that exceed the right hand margin. These options
specify the various page margins in inches. The
page margin sizes in inches as follows: tm= - Top
margin in inches. For example -Otm=2 bm= - Bottom
margin in inches. For example -Obm=1.5 lm= - Left
margin in inches. For example -Olm=1 rm= - Right
margin in inches. For example -Orm=3 pm= - Page
margin. Using this option sets tm, bm, lm and rm to
the same value. For example -Opm=1.25 When configuring
the /etc/printcap entry, different margins
for landscape and portrait orientation can be specified
by adding the suffixes _l and _p respectively.
For example: :if=/usr/lbin/ppdof
+Olm_p=0.5 +Olm_l=0.25 +Cln32.rpd:\
The ppdof filter translates ASCII to PostScript and handles
the device dependencies of a PostScript printer.
It is recommended that the ppdof filter be specified for
both the :of and the :if fields in the /etc/printcap file.
For a description of these fields, see the printcap(4)
reference page.
The commands generated by the ppdof filter to handle
device dependencies might be incompatible with some
PostScript documents. When a PostScript file does not
print correctly use the following command to prevent file
preprocessing. # lpr -x file.ps
The filter will not setup device dependencies or provide
ASCII to PostScript translation for documents containing
printer control characters.
Any value other than zero (0) indicates that an error has
occurred.
Use the lf error log field in the /etc/printcap to specify
the name of the error log file.
Commands: cancel(1), lpr(1), pr(1)
Files: printcap(4).
System Administration
ppdof(8)
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