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lpﬁlter(1) lpﬁlter(1)

NAME

lpﬁlter: divpage, fontdl, lprpp, plotdvr, printstat, reverse - ﬁlters invoked by lp interface scripts

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lbin/divpage

[-p  -l][-h 

-q][-nFontID ] ﬁlename

/usr/lbin/fontdl

[-nFontID ][

-l][-p] ﬁlename

/usr/lbin/lprpp

[-i][-o][-e][

-lnn ][-n][-p]

/usr/lbin/plotdvr -l

request_id -u username [-e][

-f][-i] ﬁlename

/usr/sbin/printstat -l

request_id -u username ﬁlename

/usr/sbin/reverse

[-l page_length ]

Remarks

The structure of these ﬁlters is currently under review. They may become obsolete or be restructured in a

future release.

DESCRIPTION

Various ﬁlters are used by the

lp subsystem to obtain specialized behavior for speciﬁc types of devices or

data. This entry describes currently supported ﬁlters.

A number of these ﬁlters use a speciﬁed username and ﬁlename to determine the location of the user who

originated the print message.

The ﬁlename is used to determine the hostname of the system where the request originated, and must

have the form [dirname ]

/d?A nnnhostname or [dirname ]/dA nnnnhostname, where dirname is not a

path name, but only the name of the basename’s parent directory. ﬁlename meets this requirement when

it is set to

$6 in the interface script for the printer.

divpage

Provides capabilities for printing multiple pages per sheet and selection of built-in fonts.

Options:

-p Set mode to portrait (default).

-l Set mode to landscape.

-h Print half pages (default).

-q Print quarter pages.

-n FontID Use font number FontID . Default is 0. Causes the string

ˆ[( FontIDX to be sent to

the printer. (The character

ˆ[ represents the ESC character.)

fontdl

fontdl downloads the font contained in ﬁlename to a printer connected to standard output.

Options:

-n FontID Speciﬁes the ID number by which the font will be referenced. Default is 0.

-l Specify landscape mode. Default is portrait.

-p Speciﬁes proportional spacing. Default is ﬁxed.

lprpp

This is a ﬁlter that converts backspace overstrike to line overprint with horizontal print positioning to

enhance bold print. This functionality is required on printers such as the LaserJet, which cannot produce

bold print by overstriking.

Options:

-i Converts <ANYCHAR> to <ANYCHAR><BACKSPACE>_ to italicize ANYCHAR.

Also properly italicizes overstruck (bold) characters. Does not work correctly for

"hashed-overstrike" such as:

<ANYCHAR><BACKSPACE><DIFFERENTCHAR><BACKSPACE>_

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Summary of content (4 pages)

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lpfilter(1) lpfilter(1) NAME lpfilter: divpage, fontdl, lprpp, plotdvr, printstat, reverse - filters invoked by lp interface scripts SYNOPSIS /usr/lbin/divpage [-p  -l] [-h  -q] [-nFontID ] filename /usr/lbin/fontdl [-nFontID ] [-l] [-p] filename /usr/lbin/lprpp [-i] [-o] [-e] [-lnn ] [-n] [-p] /usr/lbin/plotdvr -l request_id -u username [-e] [-f] [-i] filename /usr/sbin/printstat -l request_id -u username filename /usr/sbin/reverse [-l page_length ] Remarks The structure of these filters is currently
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lpfilter(1) lpfilter(1) -o Prints only the odd numbered pages. Used with -e for double-sided printing. -e Print only the even numbered pages. Used with -o for double sided printing. -l nn Specifies the page length, in lines. Default is 60 unless -n or -p is selected, in which case it is 66. -n Specifies nroff mode for printing output of the nroff command. Prints 66 lines per page with the first line appearing on logical line 4 of the printer.
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lpfilter(1) lpfilter(1) DIAGNOSTICS Error and diagnostic messages appear on the printed output, on the user’s terminal, or are mailed to the user, depending on circumstances. WARNINGS There is little consistency in the interface to these filters. SEE ALSO lp(1), lpadmin(1M). HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide .
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(Notes) A (Notes) lA 4 Hewlett-Packard Company −1− HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010