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VPR(1)		    UNIX Programmer's Manual		   VPR(1)



NAME
     vpr, vprm, vpq, vprint - raster printer/plotter spooler

SYNOPSIS
     vpr [ -W ] [ -l ] [ -v ] [ -t [ -1234 font ] ] [ -w ] [
     -w_w_i_d_t_h ] [ -m ] [ name ... ]
     vprm [ id ...  ] [ filename ...  ] [ owner ...  ]
     vpq
     vprint [ -W ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     _V_p_r causes the named files to be queued for printing or
     typeset simulation on one of the available raster
     printer/plotters.	If no files are named, the standard input
     is read.  By default the input is assumed to be line
     printer-like text.  For very wide plotters, the input is run
     through the filter /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_s_i_d_e_b_y_s_i_d_e giving it an argument
     of -w106 which arranges it four pages adjacent with 90
     column lines (the rest is for the left margin).  Since there
     are 8 lines per inch in the default printer font, _v_p_r thus
     produces 86 lines per page (the top and bottom lines are
     left blank).

     The following options are available:

     -l             Print the input in a more literal manner.
		    Page breaks are not inserted, and most con-
		    trol characters (except format effectors: \n,
		    \f, etc.) are printed (many control charac-
		    ters print special graphics not in the ASCII
		    character set.) Tab and underline processing
		    is still done.  If this option is not given,
		    control characters which are not format
		    effectors are ignored, and page breaks are
		    inserted after an appropriate number of lines
		    have been printed on a page.

     -W             Queues files for printing on a wide output
		    device, if available.  Normally, files are
		    queued for printing on a narrow output dev-
		    ice.

     -1234	    Specifies a font to be mounted on font posi-
		    tion _i.  The daemon will construct a ._r_a_i_l_m_a_g
		    file referencing /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_v_f_o_n_t/_n_a_m_e._s_i_z_e.

     -m             Report by _m_a_i_l(1) when printing is complete.

     -w             (Applicable only to wide output devices.) Do
		    not run the input through sidebyside.  Such
		    processing has been done already, or full
		    (440 character) printer width is desired.



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     -w_w_i_d_t_h	    Use width _w_i_d_t_h rather than 90 for _s_i_d_e_b_y_-
		    _s_i_d_e.

     -v             Use the filter /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_v_r_a_s_t to convert the
		    vectors to raster. The named files must be a
		    parameter and vector file (in that order)
		    created by _p_l_o_t(3X) routines.

     -t             Use the filter /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_v_c_a_t to typeset the
		    input on the printer/plotter.  The input must
		    have been generated by _t_r_o_f_f(1) run with the
		    -t option.	This is not normally run directly
		    to wide output devices, since it is wasteful
		    to run only one page across.  The program
		    _v_t_r_o_f_f(1) is normally used and arranges,
		    using _v_s_o_r_t for printing to occur four pages
		    across, conserving paper.

     _V_p_r_m removes entries from the raster device queues.  The id,
     filename or owner should be that reported by _v_p_q. All
     appropriate files will be removed.  Both queues are always
     searched.	The id of each file removed from the queue will
     be printed.

     _V_p_q prints the queues.  Each entry in the queue is printed
     showing the owner of the queue entry, an identification
     number, the size of the entry in characters, and the file
     which is to be printed.  The _i_d is useful for removing a
     specific entry from the printer queue using _v_p_r_m

     _V_p_r_i_n_t is a shell script which _p_r'_s a copy of each named
     file on one of the electrostatic printer/plotters.  The
     files are normally printed on a narrow device; -W option
     causes them to be printed on a wide device.

FILES
     /usr/spool/v?d/*	 device spool areas
     /usr/lib/v?d	 daemons
     /usr/lib/vpd	 Versatec daemon
     /usr/lib/vpf	 filter for printer simulation
     /usr/lib/*vcat	 filter for typeset simulation
     /usr/lib/vrast	 filter for plot
     /usr/lib/sidebyside filter for wide output

SEE ALSO
     troff(1), vfont(5), vp(4), pti(1), vtroff(1), plot(3X)

BUGS
     The 1's (one's) and l's (lower-case el's) in a Benson-
     Varian's standard character set look very similar; caution
     is advised.




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     A versatec's hardware character set is rather ugly.  _V_p_r_i_n_t
     should use one of the constant width fonts to produce pret-
     tier listings.




















































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