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1.1 root 1: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
2: .TH POSTDMD 1
3: .SH NAME
4: .B postdmd
5: \- PostScript translator for
6: .SM DMD
7: bitmap files
8: .SH SYNOPSIS
9: \*(mBpostdmd\f1
10: .OP "" options []
11: .OP "" files []
12: .SH DESCRIPTION
13: .B postdmd
14: translates
15: .SM DMD
16: bitmap
17: .IR files ,
18: as produced by
19: .BR dmdps ,
20: or
21: .I files
22: written in the Ninth Edition
23: .BR bitfile (9.5)
24: format
25: into PostScript and writes the results on the
26: standard output.
27: If no
28: .I files
29: are specified, or if
30: .OP \-
31: is one of the input
32: .IR files ,
33: the standard input is read.
34: The following
35: .I options
36: are understood:
37: .TP 0.75i
38: .OP \-b num
39: Pack the bitmap in the output file using
40: .I num
41: byte patterns.
42: A value of 0 turns off all packing of the output file.
43: By default
44: .I num
45: is 6.
46: .TP
47: .OP \-c num
48: Print
49: .I num
50: copies of each page.
51: By default only one copy is printed.
52: .TP
53: .OP \-f
54: Flip the sense of the bits in
55: .I files
56: before printing the bitmaps.
57: .TP
58: .OP \-m num
59: Magnify each logical page by the factor
60: .IR num .
61: Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
62: which by default is located at the center of
63: each page.
64: The default magnification is 1.0.
65: .TP
66: .OP \-n num
67: Print
68: .I num
69: logical pages on each piece of paper,
70: where
71: .I num
72: can be any positive integer.
73: By default
74: .I num
75: is set to 1.
76: .TP
77: .OP \-o list
78: Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
79: .IR list .
80: The list contains single numbers
81: .I N
82: and ranges
83: .IR N1\-\|N2 .
84: A missing
85: .I N1
86: means the lowest numbered page, a missing
87: .I N2
88: means the highest.
89: .TP
90: .OP \-p mode
91: Print
92: .I files
93: in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP
94: .IR mode .
95: Only the first character of
96: .I mode
97: is significant.
98: The default
99: .I mode
100: is \*(mBportrait\fP.
101: .TP
102: .OP \-u
103: Disables much of the unpacking for Eighth
104: Edition bitmap files.
105: Usually results in smaller output files that take longer to print.
106: Not a recommended option.
107: .TP
108: .OP \-x num
109: Translate the origin
110: .I num
111: inches along the positive x axis.
112: The default
113: coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
114: center of the page, with positive
115: x to the right and positive y up the page.
116: Positive
117: .I num
118: moves everything right.
119: The default offset is 0 inches.
120: .TP
121: .OP \-y num
122: Translate the origin
123: .I num
124: inches along the positive y axis.
125: Positive
126: .I num
127: moves everything up the page.
128: The default offset is 0.
129: .TP
130: .TP
131: .OP \-L file
132: Use
133: .I file
134: as the PostScript prologue.
135: .br
136: The default is
137: .MR \*(dQ/postdmd.ps .
138: .PP
139: Three options allow insertion of arbitrary PostScript
140: at controlled points in the translation process:
141: .TP 0.75i
142: .OP \-C file
143: Copy
144: .I file
145: to the output file;
146: .I file
147: must contain legitimate PostScript.
148: .TP
149: .OP \-P string
150: Include
151: .I string
152: in the output file;
153: .I string
154: must be legitimate PostScript.
155: .TP
156: .OP \-R action
157: Requests special
158: .I action
159: (e.g.,
160: .MR manualfeed )
161: on a per page or global basis.
162: The
163: .I action
164: string can be given as
165: .IR request,
166: .IM request : page\f1\|,
167: or
168: .IM request : page : file\f1\|.
169: If
170: .I page
171: is omitted or given as 0, the request applies to all pages.
172: If
173: .I file
174: is omitted, the request lookup is done in
175: .MR \*(dQ/ps.requests .
176: .PP
177: Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page, and each of the input
178: .I files
179: must contain complete descriptions of at least one bitmap.
180: Decreasing the pattern size using the
181: .OP \-b
182: option may help throughput on printers with fast processors
183: (e.g., \s-1PS\s+1-810),
184: while increasing the pattern size will often be the right move
185: on older models
186: (.e.g, \s-1PS\s+1-800).
187: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
188: A 0 exit status is returned if
189: .I files
190: were successfully processed.
191: .br
192: .ne 4v
193: .SH FILES
194: .MW \*(dQ/postdmd.ps
195: .br
196: .MW \*(dQ/forms.ps
197: .br
198: .MW \*(dQ/ps.requests
199: .SH SEE ALSO
200: .BR dpost (1),
201: .BR postdaisy (1),
202: .BR postio (1),
203: .BR postmd (1),
204: .BR postprint (1),
205: .BR postreverse (1),
206: .BR posttek (1)
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