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NAME
dpost, postdaisy, postdmd, postprint - filters to produce
postscript
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/postscript/dpost [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
/usr/bin/postscript/postdaisy [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
/usr/bin/postscript/postdmd [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
/usr/bin/postscript/postprint [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
/usr/bin/postscript/posttek [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
These programs convert files of various formats into
PostScript. The input formats are
dpost troff(1) output
postdaisy
Diablo 1640 daisy-wheel
postdmd bitfile(9.5) files, as produced by blitblt(9.1)
postprint
ASCII text
posttek Tektronix 4014 graphics
Except as noted, the options are common to all the programs:
-cnum Print num copies of each page. By default only one
copy is printed.
-mnum Magnify each logical page by the factor num. Pages
are scaled uniformly about the origin, located near
the upper left corner of the page. The default mag-
nification is 1.0.
-nnum Print num logical pages on each piece of paper. The
default is 1.
-olist Print only pages specified in the comma-separated
list of numbers and ranges. A range N-M means pages
N through M; an initial -N means from the beginning
to page N; and a final N- means from N to the end.
Print only pages whose numbers are given in the
comma-separated list. The list contains single
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numbers N and ranges N1-N2. A missing N1 means the
lowest numbered page, a missing N2 means the high-
est.
-pmode Print in mode p (portrait) or l (landscape). The
default is p.
-xnum Translate the origin num inches along the positive x
axis. By default, the origin is fixed near the
upper left corner of the page, with positive x to
the right and positive y down the page. Positive
num moves everything right. The default offset is 0
inches.
-ynum Translate the origin num inches along the positive y
axis. Positive num moves text down the page. The
default offset is 0.
-Afile Append a simple accounting record to file after all
input files have been successfully translated. By
default no accounting data is produced.
-Lfile Use file as the PostScript prologue.
-fname Print files using font name. Any PostScript font can
be used, but constant width fonts yield the best
results. The default font is Courier. (postdaisy,
postprint, and posttek only)
-f Flip the sense of the bits in files before printing
the bitmaps. (postdmd only)
In addition, three options allow the insertion of arbitrary
PostScript at controlled points in the translation process:
-Cfile Copy file to the output file. File follows the pro-
logue but precedes any job initialization commands.
File becomes part of the job's global environment
and must contain legitimate PostScript commands.
-Pstring
Like -C, using a string instead of the contents of a
file.
-Raction
Requests special action (e.g. manualfeed) on a per
page or global basis. The action string has the
general form request:page:file, from which
:page:file or : file can be omitted. An omitted or
0 page number applies to all pages. If file is
omitted the request lookup is done in The collection
of recognized requests can be modified or extended
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by changing this file. Multiple occurrences of the
-R option behave as expected.
FILES
any file data.