POSTPRINT(1)

NAME
postprint - PostScript translator for text files

SYNOPSIS
postprint [ options []] [ files []]

DESCRIPTION
postprint translates text files 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:

[-c num]
Print
    num copies of each page. By default only one copy is printed.

    [-f name]
Print
    files using font name. Any PostScript font can be used, although the best results will only be obtained with constant width fonts. The default font is Courier.

    [-l num]
Set the length of a page to
    num lines. By default num is 66. Setting num to 0 is allowed, and will cause postprint to guess a value, based on the point size that is being used.

    [-m num]
Magnify each logical page by the factor
    num. Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin, which is located near the upper left corner 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.

    [-r num]
Selects carriage return behavior.
    Carriage returns are ignored if num is 0, cause a return to column 1 if num is 1, and generate a newline if num is 2. The default num is 0.

    [-s num]
Print
    files using point size num. When printing in landscape mode num is scaled by a factor that depends on the imaging area of the device. The default size for portrait mode is 10.

    [-t num]
Assume tabs are set every
    num columns, starting with the first column. By default tabs are set every 8 columns.

    [-x num]
Translate the origin
    num inches along the positive x axis. The default coordinate system has the origin fixed near the upper left corner of the page, with positive x to the right and positive y down the page. Positive num moves everything right. The default offset is 0.25 inches.

    [-y num]
Translate the origin
    num inches along the positive y axis. Positive num moves text down the page. The default offset is 0.25 inches.

    [-E name]
Set the character encoding for text fonts to
    name. Requesting name means include file A nonexistent encoding file is silently ignored. The default selects file /usr/lib/postscript/Default.enc(.)

    [-L file]
Use file as the PostScript prologue.
    The default is /usr/lib/postscript/postprint.ps(.)

Three options allow insertion of arbitrary PostScript at controlled points in the translation process:

[-C file]
Copy
    file to the output file; file must contain legitimate PostScript.

    [-P string]
Include
    string in the output file; string must be legitimate PostScript.

    [-R action]
Requests special
    action (e.g., manualfeed()) on a per page or global basis. The action string can be given as request, or If page is omitted or given as 0, the request applies to all pages. If file is omitted, the request lookup is done in /usr/lib/postscript/ps.requests(.)

A new logical page is started after 66 lines have been printed on the current page, or whenever an ASCII form feed character is read. The number of lines per page can be changed using the [-l] option. Unprintable ASCII characters are ignored, and lines that are too long are silently truncated by the printer.

EXAMPLES

Print file1 and file2 in landscape mode:
    postprint -pland file1 file2
Print three logical pages on each physical page in portrait mode:
    postprint -n3 file

DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 exit status is returned if files were successfully processed.

FILES

SEE ALSO
dpost(1), postdaisy(1), postdmd(1), postio(1), postmd(1), postreverse(1), posttek(1), psencoding(1)