Annotation of researchv10no/cmd/dimpress/dimpress.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH DIMPRESS 1 local
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dimpress \- Imagen printer filter
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B dimpress
        !             6: [ option ] ... [ file ] ...
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Dimpress
        !             9: prints
        !            10: .I files
        !            11: created by
        !            12: .IR troff (1)
        !            13: on any printer that accepts the Impress graphics and page layout
        !            14: language.
        !            15: If no
        !            16: .I file
        !            17: is mentioned, the standard input is printed.
        !            18: The following options are understood.
        !            19: .TP 1.0i
        !            20: .BI \-o list
        !            21: Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
        !            22: .IR list .
        !            23: The list contains single numbers
        !            24: .I N
        !            25: and ranges
        !            26: .IB N1 \- N2.
        !            27: A missing 
        !            28: .I N1
        !            29: means the lowest-numbered page, a missing
        !            30: .I N2
        !            31: means the highest.
        !            32: .TP 1.0i
        !            33: .B \-t
        !            34: Direct output to the standard output instead of the printer.
        !            35: .TP 1.0i
        !            36: .BI \-x num
        !            37: Leave a margin
        !            38: .I num
        !            39: inches from the left side edge of the paper.
        !            40: .TP 1.0i
        !            41: .BI \-y num
        !            42: Leaves a margin
        !            43: .I num
        !            44: inches down from the top of the page.
        !            45: Negative values for
        !            46: .I num
        !            47: are allowed and often useful, especially to get macro generated
        !            48: cut marks off the page.
        !            49: .TP 1.0i
        !            50: .BI \-l
        !            51: Print the job in landscape mode.
        !            52: .TP 1.0i
        !            53: .BI \-p num
        !            54: Set the horizontal and vetical step sizes for graphics to
        !            55: .I num
        !            56: pixels.
        !            57: If Impress graphics commands are used for drawing this option
        !            58: will only affect splines.
        !            59: .TP 1.0i
        !            60: .BI \-P num
        !            61: Use
        !            62: .I num
        !            63: as the pixel diameter of the Impress graphics pen.
        !            64: Only useful when Impress graphics commands are being used.
        !            65: .TP 1.0i
        !            66: .BI \-T name
        !            67: Generate output to be printed on the target printer
        !            68: .I name.
        !            69: The printers currently supported are:
        !            70: .RS 1i
        !            71: .TP .5i
        !            72: .PD 0
        !            73: .B i300
        !            74: Imagen 8/300
        !            75: .TP .5i
        !            76: .B i480
        !            77: Imagen 5/480
        !            78: .TP .5i
        !            79: .B i10
        !            80: Imagen Imprint-10 using rasti10 raster files
        !            81: .TP .5i
        !            82: .B i240
        !            83: Imagen Imprint-10 using rasti240 raster files
        !            84: .RE
        !            85: .PD 1
        !            86: .IP
        !            87: By default the output printer is assumed to be
        !            88: .I i300.
        !            89: Although
        !            90: .I i10
        !            91: and
        !            92: .I i240
        !            93: select the same target printer, namely the Imprint-10,
        !            94: the raster tables used for character generation will be
        !            95: found in different directories.
        !            96: .TP 1.0i
        !            97: .BI \-F dir
        !            98: Use
        !            99: .I dir
        !           100: as the
        !           101: .I troff
        !           102: font directory.
        !           103: .TP 1.0i
        !           104: .BI \-B dir
        !           105: Use
        !           106: .I dir
        !           107: as the raster table directory.
        !           108: When processing a
        !           109: .I file
        !           110: generated by
        !           111: .I troff
        !           112: for printing on device xxx
        !           113: .I dimpress
        !           114: will first look for the binary font directory devxxx
        !           115: in the raster table directory.
        !           116: If it's not found there the devxxx directory in
        !           117: .I troff's
        !           118: font directory will be used.
        !           119: .TP 1.0i
        !           120: .BI \-R name
        !           121: Use raster tables generated for device
        !           122: .I name
        !           123: when printing
        !           124: .I file.
        !           125: By default
        !           126: .I dimpress
        !           127: will attempt to use the target printer's raster files.
        !           128: .TP 1.0i
        !           129: .BI \-f file
        !           130: Read resident font information from
        !           131: .I file
        !           132: which is located in directory /usr/lib/raster/RESIDENT.
        !           133: By default
        !           134: .I dimpress
        !           135: looks for a file in that directory that has the same
        !           136: name as the target printer.
        !           137: Useful if several otherwise identical printers
        !           138: support different sets of resident fonts.
        !           139: .PP
        !           140: The
        !           141: .I files
        !           142: should be prepared by
        !           143: .I troff.
        !           144: Best results will almost certainly be obtained only when
        !           145: .I troff
        !           146: and
        !           147: .I dimpress
        !           148: agree on the target printer.
        !           149: .SH FILES
        !           150: /tmp/dimp*
        !           151: .br
        !           152: /usr/lib/font/dev*/*
        !           153: .br
        !           154: /usr/lib/raster/rast*
        !           155: .br
        !           156: /usr/lib/raster/RESIDENT/*
        !           157: .br
        !           158: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           159: troff(1), tc(1), troff(5), daps(1)
        !           160: .\"    @(#)daps.1      1.1 of 12/17/82

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