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.so an
.TH PrintFX 1 "PrintFX manual"
.de cmd
!sp $1;!ne 2;!ti -5;!bo "$0
.en
.SH NAME
PrintFX - EPSON compatible printer utility

.SH HISTORY

Printfx is written to control an Epson FX-80+. Back in 1986, I could not
get my files printed in an easy way, so blinkers on and jam the code
together.  Recently my friends discovered the piece and suggested that
it might work on other printers as well. They reported positive. So here
it is. Maybe it does not work properly on your printer. Don't blame me.
Well, I included the source, so perhaps...  Use it a you like.

.SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

.in +8;.ta +0;.cc !
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -?
@tGive explanation how to use it. If this option is met
anywhere on the commandline, the only thing the program
does, is to give that explanation.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -n
@tno output via stderr
No error messages if you don't want them.
Is overruled by -? and -??
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -l<i>
@tleft margin (5)
Default left margin is 5. Tabs are expanded without
including this value. A tab on column 1 expands to
position 13 on the printer.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -r<i>
@tright margin (max)
Default is the last char that the FX-80+ can print
with the present pitch.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -x
@tdonot truncate
Default is that lines longer than the right margin minus
the left margin are truncated.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -p<i>
@tlines per page (auto)
Default the maximum number of lines are printed on a
page, using the linespace as source. But you can select
to formfeed every pth line.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -n<i>
@tlinespace in dots/3 (29)
This number is in 1/216th inch. Three of this units is
the vertical size of a dot.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -m<i>
@tprinter mode, overruling other settings (see manual)
This is the value behind ESC!. Precede by '%' if you
give it in binary, '$' if hex and '@' if octal. Donot
use it.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -q
@tlow height, superscript
Now you can print a lot on a page! (27040 chars) Use it
together with -n=15 or 14 and -c.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -el
@telite (default)
I do not know why printers use this as default. I
never use pica.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -p
@tpica
If you are in a hurry use this ugly pitch.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -c
@tcondensed
Narrows the characters.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -en
@tenlarged
Stretches the characters
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -em
@temphasized
I don't see difference with -d (And my profession is
printer!! (but perhaps I'm a bad one))
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -d
@tdouble strike
Does something like emphasize.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -v
@tvariable pitch (proportional)
Could be nice, but works only with that ugly pica.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -i<i>
@tpaperlength in inches (11)
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -ed
@tpaper end detection off
Use this when you want to print a single sheet more than
only the upper half.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -y
@tdonot adjust paper
I like to start printing higher as normal, so the paper
is pulled back as much as possible. But this causes a jam
on a nonmodified FX-80+. You must fill the guide with those
two rolls with extra rolls. You can use 2 cm pieces of 8mm
high pressure tube.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -t
@t-t[<your special title>] prints your special title.
The path and page number are printed as well as your title,
if given. Use "" for titles with spaces:
"-t=your special title" Leave a space behind this option
and others.
!*--------------------------*
!cmd -o
@toutput is standard
Use this to sent the file to standard output instead of PAR:
!*--------------------------*
!cc
.in -5;.PP

.SH NOTES

If the printing job is done, the printer is left in the last used mode.
So any text to PAR: is printed in the same pitch, same linespace, same
skip over perforation, same margins. But without control. No trucation and
no lines per page (and no stop).
The program will not be beware of changing printer settings inside your text,
and may act strange if you do so.

.SH AUTHOR

D.W.Reisig,
Woudweeren 10,
1151AV  Broek in Waterland,
Holland.