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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)vpr.1       6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH VPR 1 "4/29/85"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: vpr, vprm, vpq, vprint \- raster printer/plotter spooler
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B vpr
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-W
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B \-l
        !            17: ] [
        !            18: .B \-v
        !            19: ] [
        !            20: .B \-t
        !            21: [
        !            22: .B \-1234
        !            23: font ]
        !            24: ] [
        !            25: .B \-w
        !            26: ] [
        !            27: \fB\-w\fIwidth\fR
        !            28: ] [
        !            29: .B \-m
        !            30: ] [ name ... ]
        !            31: .br
        !            32: .B vprm
        !            33: [
        !            34: id ...
        !            35: ] [
        !            36: filename ...
        !            37: ] [
        !            38: owner ...
        !            39: ]
        !            40: .br
        !            41: .B vpq
        !            42: .br
        !            43: .B vprint
        !            44: [
        !            45: .B \-W
        !            46: ]
        !            47: file ...
        !            48: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            49: .I Vpr 
        !            50: causes the
        !            51: named files
        !            52: to be queued for printing or typeset simulation on one of the available
        !            53: raster printer/plotters.
        !            54: If no files are named, the standard input is read.
        !            55: By default the input is assumed to be line printer-like text.
        !            56: For very wide plotters, the input is run through the filter
        !            57: .I /usr/lib/sidebyside
        !            58: giving it an argument of
        !            59: .B \-w106
        !            60: which arranges it four pages adjacent with 90 column lines (the rest is for the
        !            61: left margin).  Since there are 8 lines per inch in the default printer font,
        !            62: .I vpr
        !            63: thus produces 86 lines per page (the top and bottom lines are left blank).
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: The following options are available:
        !            66: .TP 15
        !            67: .B \-l
        !            68: Print the input in a more literal manner.
        !            69: Page breaks are not inserted, and most
        !            70: control characters (except format effectors: \\n, \\f, etc.)
        !            71: are printed
        !            72: (many control characters print
        !            73: special graphics not in the ASCII character set.)
        !            74: Tab and underline processing is still done.
        !            75: If this option is not given,
        !            76: control characters which are not format effectors are ignored,
        !            77: and page breaks are inserted after an appropriate number of lines
        !            78: have been printed on a page.
        !            79: .TP 15
        !            80: .B \-W
        !            81: Queues files for printing on a wide output device, if available.
        !            82: Normally, files are queued for printing on a narrow output device.
        !            83: .TP 15
        !            84: .B \-1234
        !            85: Specifies a font to be mounted on font position \fIi\fR.  The daemon
        !            86: will construct a \fI.railmag\fR file referencing
        !            87: \fI/usr/lib/vfont/name.size\fR.
        !            88: .TP 15
        !            89: .B \-m
        !            90: Report by
        !            91: .IR mail (1)
        !            92: when printing is complete.
        !            93: .TP
        !            94: .B \-w
        !            95: (Applicable only to wide output devices.)
        !            96: Do not run the input through
        !            97: sidebyside.
        !            98: Such processing has been done already, or full (440 character) printer
        !            99: width is desired.
        !           100: .TP
        !           101: \fB\-w\fIwidth\fR
        !           102: Use width
        !           103: .I width
        !           104: rather than 90 for
        !           105: .I sidebyside.
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .B \-v
        !           108: Use the filter
        !           109: .I /usr/lib/vrast
        !           110: to convert the vectors to raster. The named files must be a parameter and
        !           111: vector file (in that order) created by
        !           112: .IR plot (3X)
        !           113: routines.
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B \-t
        !           116: Use the filter
        !           117: .I /usr/lib/vcat
        !           118: to typeset the input on the printer/plotter.
        !           119: The input must have been generated by
        !           120: .IR troff (1)
        !           121: run with the
        !           122: .B \-t
        !           123: option.
        !           124: This is not normally run directly
        !           125: to wide output devices, since it is wasteful to run only one page across.
        !           126: The program
        !           127: .IR vtroff (1)
        !           128: is normally used and arranges,
        !           129: using
        !           130: .I vsort
        !           131: for printing to occur four pages across, conserving paper.
        !           132: .PP
        !           133: .I Vprm
        !           134: removes entries from the raster device queues.
        !           135: The id, filename or owner should be that reported by
        !           136: .I vpq.
        !           137: All appropriate files will be removed.
        !           138: Both queues are always searched.
        !           139: The id of each file removed from the queue will be printed.
        !           140: .PP
        !           141: .I Vpq
        !           142: prints the queues.
        !           143: Each entry in the queue is printed showing the owner of the queue entry,
        !           144: an identification number,
        !           145: the size of the entry in characters,
        !           146: and the file which is to be printed.
        !           147: The
        !           148: .I id
        !           149: is useful for removing a specific entry from the printer queue using
        !           150: .I vprm
        !           151: .PP
        !           152: .I Vprint
        !           153: is a shell script which
        !           154: .I pr's
        !           155: a copy of each named file on one of the electrostatic printer/plotters.
        !           156: The files are normally printed on a narrow device;
        !           157: .B \-W
        !           158: option causes them to be printed on a wide device.
        !           159: .SH FILES
        !           160: .ta 2i
        !           161: /usr/spool/v?d/*       device spool areas
        !           162: .br
        !           163: /usr/lib/v?d   daemons
        !           164: .br
        !           165: /usr/lib/vpd   Versatec daemon
        !           166: .br
        !           167: /usr/lib/vpf   filter for printer simulation
        !           168: .br
        !           169: /usr/lib/*vcat filter for typeset simulation
        !           170: .br
        !           171: /usr/lib/vrast filter for plot
        !           172: .br
        !           173: /usr/lib/sidebyside    filter for wide output
        !           174: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           175: troff(1), vfont(5), vp(4), pti(1),
        !           176: vtroff(1), plot(3X)
        !           177: .SH BUGS
        !           178: The 1's (one's) and l's (lower-case el's) in a Benson-Varian's
        !           179: standard character set look very similar; caution is advised.
        !           180: .PP
        !           181: A versatec's hardware character set is rather ugly.
        !           182: .I Vprint
        !           183: should use one of the constant width fonts to produce prettier listings.

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