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System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices
The Text Formatting System
includes the enscript filter for converting ASCII print files to PostScript
for printing on a PostScript printer. This filter is called by the
qprt -da command when submitting a print job to a PostScript print
queue.
- The printer must be
physically attached to your system.
- The printer must be
configured and defined.
- The transcript portion of
Text Formatting Services must be installed.
There are several flags that might
be specified with the qprt command to customize the output when
submitting ASCII files to a PostScript print queue.
| -1+
| Adds page headings.
|
| -2+
| Formats the output in two columns.
|
| -3+
| Prints the page headings, dates, and page numbers in a fancy
style. This is sometimes referred to as "gaudy" mode.
|
| -4+
| Prints the file, even if it contains unprintable characters.
|
| -5+
| Lists characters that are not included in a font.
|
| -h string
| Specifies a string to be used for page headings. If this flag is
not specified, the heading consists of the file name, modification date, and
page number.
|
| -l value
| Specifies the maximum number of lines printed per page. Depending
on the point size, fewer lines per page might actually appear.
|
| -L!
| Truncates lines longer than the page width.
|
| -p
| Specifies the point size. If this flag is not specified, a point
size of 10 is assumed, unless two-column rotated mode (-2+ -z1) is
specified, in which case a value of 7 is used.
|
| -s
| Specifies the font style. If this flag is not specified, the
Courier font is used. Acceptable values are:
|
|
| Courier-Oblique
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| Helvetica
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| Helvetica-Oblique
|
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| Helvetica-Narrow
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| Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
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| NewCenturySchlbk-Italic
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| Optima
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| Optima-Oblique
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| Palatino-Roman
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| Palatino-Italic
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| Times-Roman
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| Times-Italic
Note: The PostScript printer must have access to the
specified font.
|
| -z1
| Rotates the output 90 degrees (landscape mode).
|
For example, to send the ACSII
file myfile.ascii to the PostScript printer named
Msps1, type:
qprt -da -PMsps1 myfile.ascii
Press Enter.
For example, to send the ACSII
file myfile.ascii to the PostScript printer named
Msps1 and print out in the Helvetica font, type:
qprt -da -PMsps1 -sHelvetica myfile.ascii
Press Enter.
For example, to send the ASCII
file myfile.ascii to the PostScript printer named
Msps1 and print out in the point size 9, type:
qprt -da -PMsps1 -p9 myfile.ascii
Press Enter.
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