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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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