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     LP(8)                                                       LP(8)

     NAME
          lp - PostScript preprocessors

     DESCRIPTION
          These files reside in /sys/lib/lp/process and provide an
          interface to PostScript conversion programs that can be
          found in /sys/lib/postscript/bin/$cputype.  These preproces-
          sors may be selected with the -pprocess After each processor
          description, there is a list of lp options to which the pro-
          cessor responds.

          generic    is the default preprocessor.  It uses file(1) to
                     determine the type of input and executes the cor-
                     rect preprocessor for a given (input, printer)
                     pair.
          post       passes PostScript through adding option patches
                     for paper tray information.  This does not always
                     work with PostScript generated on other systems.
          noproc     passes files through untouched.
          ppost      converts a text file to PostScript.
                     [DLcfilmnorxy]
          dpost      converts a troff output file to PostScript.
                     [DLcimnorxy]
          dvipost    converts a TeX output file to PostScript.
                     [Lcinor]
          p9bitpost  converts a Plan 9 bitmap
                     (i.e. /dev/screen, /dev/window,
                     /dev/windows/*/window) to PostScript.  [Lm]
          tpost      converts Tektronix 4014 plot codes to PostScript.
                     [Lcimnorxy]
          hpost      adds a header page to the beginning of a
                     PostScript printer job so that it may be sepa-
                     rated from other jobs in the output bin.  The
                     header has the image of the jobs owner from the
                     directory of faces.  Page reversal is also done
                     in this processor.

     SEE ALSO
          lp(1)

     BUGS
          The file command is not always smart enough to deal with
          certain file types.  There are PostScript conversion pro-
          grams in /sys/lib/postscript/bin/$cputype that do not have
          preprocessors to drive them.