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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/psifile.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/psifile.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9e9078da --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/psifile.1 @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +.TH PSIFILE 1 +.CT 1 writing_output +.SH NAME +psifile, mhssend\- postscript interpreter/fax sender +.lg 0 +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B psifile +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file +] +.br +.B mhssend +.I phone_number +.I file +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Psifile +reads Postscript input from +.I file +or from standard input +and produces a file containing an image of the page. +The format of the output file is specified by the following options: +.TF /make/it +.TP +.B -fax +runs at 200 dpi and produces g31 fax in the multipage fax format called +.BR mhs , +putting its output in file +.B fax\fI$$\fP.mhs +by default. If a phone number is supplied, +the output file is pushed to +.B /tmp +on fama +and +.B mhssend +is run to send the fax. +.TP +.BI -P " phone_no" +specifies the destination phone number for +.BR -fax . +.TP +.B -g4 +runs at 300 dpi and produces a fax g4 file called +.B psi.out.g4 +by default that +can be displayed on the gnots with +.IR rbits . +.TP +.B -bm +produces +.IR bitfile (9.5) +output in file +.B psi.out +by default. +.I -bm +is useful for debugging postscript programs because +it has better diagnostics than the printers. +.PP +Other options are +.TF /this/is +.TP +.B -s +assumes the file is in +.B mhs +format and sends it to the phone number provided with +.B -P +above. +.TP +.BI -o " name" +use +.I name +as the basename of the output file. +.TP +.BI -p " page" +only output postscript page number +.I page +as determined by +.B %%Page +comments in the file. +.sp +.PP +Fonts are implemented with 24 point bitmap fonts. +Those available are +Symbol, Courier, Times-Roman, Times-Italic, Times-Bold, Times-BoldItalic, Helvetica, +Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique. +Fonts +Courier-Bold, +Courier-Oblique, +and +Courier-BoldOblique +are mapped to +Courier. +Postscript type 1 fonts are implemented and work if supplied +with the input. +.sp +.PP +For best results with TeX documents, run +.B dvips +with the +.B -Tfax +or +.B "-D 200" +option to get fonts of the proper resolution. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.L +troff -ms memo | lp -dstdout -H | psifile -fax -P 4223 +.br +.TP +.L +troff -ms memo | dpost | psifile -fax -P 4223 +Two equivalent ways to format a memo, convert it to PostScript, +and produce a fax file. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/lib/psi/psifaxg4 +.TP +.F fax\fI$$\fP.mhs +default +.B -fax +output file +.TP +.F psi.out.g4 +default +.B -g4 +output file +.TP +.F psi.out +default +.B -bm +output file +.TP +.B /usr/lib/psi/psifax +postscript\->mhs format program +.TP +.B /usr/lib/psi/psifaxg4 +postscript\->fax g4 program +.TP +.B /usr/lib/psi/psibm +postscript\->bitfile program +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR psi (9.1), +.IR lp (1), +.IR dvips (1), +.IR postscript (8), +.IR proof (9.1) , +.IR bcp (1) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.PP +Symbols that lack bitmaps are replaced by `?' +and an error is reported. +.SH BUGS +Unimplemented PostScript features are rotated images +and half tone screens. +Imagemasks may only be rotated by multiples of 90 degrees, +not by arbitrary angles. |
