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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man8/postscript.8 b/static/unix-v10/man8/postscript.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2143c6b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man8/postscript.8 @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +.TH POSTSCRIPT 8 +.CT 1 sa_auto +.SH NAME +dpost, postdaisy, postdmd, postprint \- filters to produce postscript +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/bin/postscript/dpost +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B /usr/bin/postscript/postdaisy +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B /usr/bin/postscript/postdmd +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B /usr/bin/postscript/postprint +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B /usr/bin/postscript/posttek +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +These programs convert files of various formats into +PostScript. +The input formats are +.nr xx \w'\fL-p\ \fImode\ 'u +.TP \n(xxu +.I dpost +.IR troff (1) +output +.TP +.I postdaisy +Diablo 1640 daisy-wheel +.TP +.I postdmd +.IR bitfile (9.5) +files, as produced by +.IR blitblt (9.1) +.TP +.I postprint +.SM +ASCII +text +.TP +.I posttek +Tektronix 4014 graphics +.PP +Except as noted, +the options are common to all the programs: +.TP \n(xxu +.BI \-c num +Print +.I num +copies of each page. +By default only one copy is printed. +.TP +.BI \-m num +Magnify each logical page by the factor +.I num. +Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin, +located near the upper left corner of +the page. +The default magnification is 1.0. +.TP +.BI \-n num +Print +.I num +logical pages on each piece of paper. +The default is 1. +.TP +.BI \-o list +Print only pages specified in +the comma-separated +.I list +of numbers and ranges. +A range +.IB N - M +means pages +.I N +through +.IR M ; +an initial +.BI - N +means +from the beginning to page +.IR N ; +and a final +.IB N - +means +from +.I N +to the end. +Print only pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated +.IR list . +The list contains single numbers +.I N +and ranges +.IB N1 \- N2. +A missing +.I N1 +means the lowest numbered page, a missing +.I N2 +means the highest. +.TP +.BI \-p mode +Print +in +.I mode +.B p +(portrait) +or +.B l +(landscape). +The default is +.BR p . +.TP +.BI \-x num +Translate the origin +.I 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 +.I num +moves everything right. +The default offset is 0 inches. +.TP +.BI \-y num +Translate the origin +.I num +inches along the positive y axis. +Positive +.I num +moves text down the page. +The default offset is 0. +.TP +.BI \-A file +Append a simple accounting record to +.I file +after all input +.I files +have been successfully translated. +By default no accounting data is produced. +.TP +.BI \-L file +Use +.I file +as the PostScript prologue. +.TP +.BI \-f name +Print +.I files +using font +.I name. +Any PostScript font can be used, +but constant width fonts yield the best results. +The default font is Courier. +.RI ( postdaisy, +.IR postprint, +and +.IR posttek +only) +.TP +.BI \-f +Flip the sense of the bits in +.I files +before printing the bitmaps. +.RI ( postdmd +only) +.PP +In addition, three options allow the insertion of arbitrary PostScript +at controlled points in the translation process: +.TP \n(xxu +.BI \-C file +Copy +.I file +to the output file. +.I File +follows the prologue but +precedes any job initialization commands. +.I File +becomes part of the job's global environment +and must contain legitimate PostScript commands. +.TP +.BI \-P string +Like +.BR -C , +using a +.I string +instead of the contents of a file. +.TP +.BI \-R action +Requests special +.I action +(e.g. manualfeed) on a per page or global basis. +The +.I action +string has the general form +.IB request : page : file, +from which +.BI : page : file +or +.B : file +can be omitted. +An omitted or 0 page number +applies to all pages. +If file is omitted the request +lookup is done in +.FR /usr/lib/postscript/ps.requests . +The collection of recognized requests can be modified or extended +by changing this file. +Multiple occurrences of the +.B \-R +option behave as expected. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/lib/font/devpost/charlib/* +.TP +.F /usr/lib/font/devpost/*.out +.TP +.F /usr/lib/font/devpost/charlib/* +.TP +.F /usr/lib/postscript/*.ps +default prologues +.TP +.F /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.pictures +.I troff +macros for PostScript +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR lp (1), +.IR postio (8) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Exit status 2 +usually means a syntax error in some input file. +.SH BUGS +Output files +will often violate Adobe's +file structuring conventions. +Pipe the output of +.I dpost +through +.I postreverse +to produce a minimally conforming PostScript file. +.PP +Although +.I dpost +can handle files formatted for any +.IR troff +device, emulation is expensive and +can easily double the print time and the size of the output file. +.PP +No attempt has been made to implement the character sets +or fonts available on all devices supported by +.I troff. +Missing characters are replaced by white space; +unrecognized fonts are replaced by one of the Times fonts. +.PP +.I Dpost +requires an +.B x res +command before the first +.B x init +and any file data. |