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1.1     ! root        1: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
        !             2: .TH HARDCOPY 1 "DWB 3.2"
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: .B hardcopy
        !             5: \- redirects output from PostScript file operators to paper
        !             6: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             7: \*(mBhardcopy\f1
        !             8: .OP "" options []
        !             9: .OP "" files []
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .B hardcopy
        !            12: surrounds
        !            13: .I files
        !            14: with PostScript that redirects file output to paper,
        !            15: and writes the results on the standard output.
        !            16: If no
        !            17: .I files
        !            18: are specified, or if
        !            19: .OP \-
        !            20: is one of the input
        !            21: .IR files ,
        !            22: the standard input is read.
        !            23: The following
        !            24: .I options
        !            25: are understood:
        !            26: .TP 0.75i
        !            27: .OP \-c num
        !            28: Print
        !            29: .I num
        !            30: copies of each page.
        !            31: By default only one copy is printed.
        !            32: .TP 0.75i
        !            33: .OP \-f name
        !            34: Print
        !            35: .I files
        !            36: using font
        !            37: .IR name ,
        !            38: which should be the name of a constant width font.
        !            39: The default font is Courier.
        !            40: .TP 0.75i
        !            41: .OP \-m num
        !            42: Magnify each page by the factor
        !            43: .IR num .
        !            44: Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
        !            45: which is located near the upper left corner of
        !            46: each page.
        !            47: The default magnification is 1.0.
        !            48: .TP 0.75i
        !            49: .OP \-p mode
        !            50: Print
        !            51: .I files
        !            52: in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP
        !            53: .IR mode .
        !            54: Only the first character of
        !            55: .I mode
        !            56: is significant.
        !            57: The default
        !            58: .I mode
        !            59: is \*(mBportrait\fP.
        !            60: .TP 0.75i
        !            61: .OP \-s num
        !            62: Print
        !            63: .I files
        !            64: using point size
        !            65: .IR num .
        !            66: When printing in landscape mode
        !            67: .I num
        !            68: is scaled by a factor that depends on the
        !            69: imaging area of the device.
        !            70: The default size for portrait mode is 10.
        !            71: .TP 0.75i
        !            72: .OP \-x num
        !            73: Translate the origin
        !            74: .I num
        !            75: inches along the positive x axis.
        !            76: The default
        !            77: coordinate system has the origin fixed near the
        !            78: upper left corner of the page, with positive
        !            79: x to the right and positive y down the page.
        !            80: Positive
        !            81: .I num
        !            82: moves everything right.
        !            83: The default offset is 0.25 inches.
        !            84: .TP 0.75i
        !            85: .OP \-y num
        !            86: Translate the origin
        !            87: .I num
        !            88: inches along the positive y axis.
        !            89: Positive
        !            90: .I num
        !            91: moves text down the page.
        !            92: The default offset is 0.25 inches.
        !            93: .TP 0.75i
        !            94: .OP \-L file
        !            95: Use
        !            96: .I file
        !            97: as the PostScript prologue.
        !            98: .br
        !            99: The default is
        !           100: .MR \*(dQ/hardcopy.ps .
        !           101: .PP
        !           102: .B hardcopy
        !           103: generates paper output from data that a PostScript program
        !           104: normally sends back to a host computer.
        !           105: It is particularly useful for recovering data from a printer
        !           106: that does not allow access to its serial port.
        !           107: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           108: For a list of ROM based fonts type:
        !           109: .EX
        !           110: echo 'FontDirectory {pop ==} forall' | hardcopy | lp \(el
        !           111: .EE
        !           112: To recover the version number of the PostScript interpreter:
        !           113: .EX
        !           114: echo 'version ==' | hardcopy -pland | lp \(el
        !           115: .EE
        !           116: To build and print a width table for font
        !           117: .MW R
        !           118: type:
        !           119: .EX
        !           120: trofftable -TLatin1 R | hardcopy | lp \(el
        !           121: .EE
        !           122: .SH WARNINGS
        !           123: Results are unpredictable if the input
        !           124: .I files
        !           125: make changes to the graphics state.
        !           126: .SH FILES
        !           127: .MW \*(dQ/hardcopy.ps
        !           128: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           129: .BR buildtables (1),
        !           130: .BR postio (1),
        !           131: .BR trofftable (1)

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