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1.1 root 1: .TH PSIFILE 1
2: .CT 1 writing_output
3: .SH NAME
4: psifile, mhssend\- postscript interpreter/fax sender
5: .lg 0
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: .B psifile
8: [
9: .I option ...
10: ] [
11: .I file
12: ]
13: .br
14: .B mhssend
15: .I phone_number
16: .I file
17: .SH DESCRIPTION
18: .I Psifile
19: reads Postscript input from
20: .I file
21: or from standard input
22: and produces a file containing an image of the page.
23: The format of the output file is specified by the following options:
24: .TF /make/it
25: .TP
26: .B -fax
27: runs at 200 dpi and produces g31 fax in the multipage fax format called
28: .BR mhs ,
29: putting its output in file
30: .B fax\fI$$\fP.mhs
31: by default. If a phone number is supplied,
32: the output file is pushed to
33: .B /tmp
34: on fama
35: and
36: .B mhssend
37: is run to send the fax.
38: .TP
39: .BI -P " phone_no"
40: specifies the destination phone number for
41: .BR -fax .
42: .TP
43: .B -g4
44: runs at 300 dpi and produces a fax g4 file called
45: .B psi.out.g4
46: by default that
47: can be displayed on the gnots with
48: .IR rbits .
49: .TP
50: .B -bm
51: produces
52: .IR bitfile (9.5)
53: output in file
54: .B psi.out
55: by default.
56: .I -bm
57: is useful for debugging postscript programs because
58: it has better diagnostics than the printers.
59: .PP
60: Other options are
61: .TF /this/is
62: .TP
63: .B -s
64: assumes the file is in
65: .B mhs
66: format and sends it to the phone number provided with
67: .B -P
68: above.
69: .TP
70: .BI -o " name"
71: use
72: .I name
73: as the basename of the output file.
74: .TP
75: .BI -p " page"
76: only output postscript page number
77: .I page
78: as determined by
79: .B %%Page
80: comments in the file.
81: .sp
82: .PP
83: Fonts are implemented with 24 point bitmap fonts.
84: Those available are
85: Symbol, Courier, Times-Roman, Times-Italic, Times-Bold, Times-BoldItalic, Helvetica,
86: Helvetica-Oblique, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique.
87: Fonts
88: Courier-Bold,
89: Courier-Oblique,
90: and
91: Courier-BoldOblique
92: are mapped to
93: Courier.
94: Postscript type 1 fonts are implemented and work if supplied
95: with the input.
96: .sp
97: .PP
98: For best results with TeX documents, run
99: .B dvips
100: with the
101: .B -Tfax
102: or
103: .B "-D 200"
104: option to get fonts of the proper resolution.
105: .SH EXAMPLES
106: .TP
107: .L
108: troff -ms memo | lp -dstdout -H | psifile -fax -P 4223
109: .br
110: .TP
111: .L
112: troff -ms memo | dpost | psifile -fax -P 4223
113: Two equivalent ways to format a memo, convert it to PostScript,
114: and produce a fax file.
115: .SH FILES
116: .TF /usr/lib/psi/psifaxg4
117: .TP
118: .F fax\fI$$\fP.mhs
119: default
120: .B -fax
121: output file
122: .TP
123: .F psi.out.g4
124: default
125: .B -g4
126: output file
127: .TP
128: .F psi.out
129: default
130: .B -bm
131: output file
132: .TP
133: .B /usr/lib/psi/psifax
134: postscript\->mhs format program
135: .TP
136: .B /usr/lib/psi/psifaxg4
137: postscript\->fax g4 program
138: .TP
139: .B /usr/lib/psi/psibm
140: postscript\->bitfile program
141: .SH SEE ALSO
142: .IR psi (9.1),
143: .IR lp (1),
144: .IR dvips (1),
145: .IR postscript (8),
146: .IR proof (9.1) ,
147: .IR bcp (1)
148: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
149: .PP
150: Symbols that lack bitmaps are replaced by `?'
151: and an error is reported.
152: .SH BUGS
153: Unimplemented PostScript features are rotated images
154: and half tone screens.
155: Imagemasks may only be rotated by multiples of 90 degrees,
156: not by arbitrary angles.
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