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print - printing tools
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The _p_r_i_n_t subsystem provides a printing environment for Silicon Graphics
workstations. The printing environment is built on top of the AT&T
System V Release 3 printer spooling system. Graphical tools are provided
for managing all aspects of printing. The _p_r_i_n_t subsystem is designed to
take full advantage of the SGI _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o(_1) product. _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o
provides a high performance printer server and scanning environment as
well as support for the printing of a wide range of file formats.
The _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _M_a_n_a_g_e_r (_p_r_i_n_t_e_r_s(_1_m)) is used primarily to perform printer
installation and removal. Other printing related administrative tasks
can also be performed. These tasks include sending a test page, changing
a printer's system connection and setting printer specific options. The
_P_r_i_n_t_e_r _M_a_n_a_g_e_r represents each installed printer as an icon that can
then be dragged onto the desktop. These icons allow drag-and-drop
printing and provide graphical printer status information when double
cliked by invoking the _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s(_1) program.
The print job submittal tool is called _g_l_p(_1) (also available as
_P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l). _g_l_p is a graphical replacement for the _l_p(_1) command. The
program accepts the same command line arguments as _l_p. One of the _g_l_p
program's more interesting features is its graphical options panels.
These panels provide graphical access to printer specific options.
In addition to providing print queue information, _P_r_i_n_t_S_t_a_t_u_s(_1) displays
detailed status information for _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o printers, thereby quickly
informing the user of such conditions as printer out of paper and paper
jam.
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All Impressario-compatible printers support a number of user-controllable
features. Users can specify whether they want banner pages printed; how
they want text formatted; how they want images scaled, rotated, and
color-adjusted; and how they want PostScript documents printed. All of
these options are supported by all Impressario printers, regardless of
printer type or capability, because Impressario performing the work in
software on the printer server. Users can also control a number of
device-dependent features, which vary by printer.
The common options supported by Impressario-compatible printers are
available through GUI "printer-specific options panels", accessed through
PrintPanel or the Printer Manager. All of these options can be set on a
per-print-job basis, or saved on a per-printer, per-user basis: each user
can have saved settings for each printer. System defaults can also be
set by the system administrator for those users who do not have saved
settings already. For customers unable or unwilling to use graphical
tools, all settings can be specified on the command line as well.
The common command-line equivalents for Impressario-compatible printer
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options are specified as arguments to the _l_p(_1) command's -_o option. For
instance, printing a file while turning off a banner page for a printer
would be accomplished as follows:
_l_p -_o"_n_o_b_a_n_n_e_r" _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e
The command line options are as follows:
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bbbbaaaannnnnnnneeeerrrr////nnnnoooobbbbaaaannnnnnnneeeerrrr Turn on/off banner page printing.
vvvveeeerrrrbbbboooosssseeee////nnnnoooovvvveeeerrrrbbbboooosssseeee Turn on/off verbose debugging messages, reported in
the spooler log file /_v_a_r/_s_p_o_o_l/_l_p/_l_o_g.
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These options apply only to PostScript files following the Adobe Document
Structuring Conventions, version 1.0 or above.
ppppssssppppaaaaggggeeeerrrraaaannnnggggeeee Print the specified page range, as in _p_s_p_a_g_e_r_a_n_g_e _2-
_3.
ppppssssrrrreeeevvvveeeerrrrsssseeeeppppaaaaggggeeee Print the document in reverse order.
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Print only the odd/even pages of the document.
Useful when attempting to print double-sided on a
single-sided printer.
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These options apply only to raster image files supported by Impressario,
but are independent of the image file type. All of the following options
apply to all supported image types.
bbbbeeeessssttttffffiiiitttt Rotate and scale the image to occupy the largest
possible amount of space on the page.
rrrroooottttaaaatttteeee Rotate the image in integer degrees, clockwise.
Takes one integer argument.
fffflllliiiipppp Flip the image, producing a mirror image. Useful for
printing transparencies and iron-on decals.
zzzzoooooooommmm Scale the image to an integer percentage of the page
area. Takes one floating point argument. 0.0 means
do not scale, 1.0 means scale to fill page.
ppppppppiiii Scale the image to match the specified input
resolution, in pixels per inch. Useful when trying
to print a scanned image at the original size,
without knowing the resolution of the output device
to do so, specify the scanned resolution. Takes one
positive integer argument.
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ggggaaaammmmmmmmaaaa Adjust the image colors by gammawarping according to
the single floating point argument.
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These options apply only to ISO and ASCII text files.
ppppsssstttteeeexxxxtttt Force PostScript to be used for text processing. If
not specified, Impressario will use fastest path
possible, bypassing PostScript if possible.
llllaaaannnnddddssssccccaaaappppeeee////ppppoooorrrrttttrrrraaaaiiiitttt Specify page orientation, top edge longest/shortest.
ffffoooonnnnttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee Use specified font name if available. Takes one
argument, an Adobe Type 1 font name.
ffffoooonnnnttttssssiiiizzzzeeee Use specified font size if available. Takes one
argument, a positive integer.
ccccoooolllluuuummmmnnnnssss Divide the page into multiple columns. Takes one
argument, a positive integer.
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Do/Don't reverse the page order of the text document.
ggggaaaauuuuddddyyyy////nnnnooooggggaaaauuuuddddyyyy Print gaudy (fancy) headers on each page.
mmmmaaaannnnppppaaaaggggeeee Used when printing manpages, to give a standard
appearance, and ensure that they page breaks appear
correct. Used by the _m_a_n command with the ----tttt option.
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Please read the release notes for _p_r_i_n_t. They contain the most recent
information about the product. Release notes are provided on-line and can
be read using the _g_r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(_1) or _r_e_l_n_o_t_e_s(_1) programs, or from the
system Toolchest's _H_e_l_p menu.
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printers(1), glp(1), PrintStatus(1), Optional product impressario(1)
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