Manual page for PSROFF(1)
psroff - ditroff to a POSTSCRIPT printer
SYNOPSIS
psroff
[
-t
] [
troff options
] [
spool options
] [
files
]
DESCRIPTION
psroff
is a shell script that runs
[di]troff(1)
in an environment to produce output on a POSTSCRIPT printer.
It uses
psdit
to convert
ditroff
intermediate output to POSTSCRIPT format, and spools this for printing.
If no
files
are specified, the standard input is used.
For those interested in including arbitrary POSTSCRIPT language commands
or files in a
ditroff
document, see psdit(1).
In addition to the standard
ditroff
options, the following options are understood by
psroff.
- -t
-
sends the POSTSCRIPT output to the standard output,
rather than spooling it to a printer.
Note that this overrides the meaning of the
ditroff
-t
option; if you want that, run
ditroff
directly.
- -F fontfamily
-
use the specified font family for the R/I/B/BI fonts, rather than the
default family, which is
Times.
Fontfamilies
Times,
Courier,
and
Helvetica
are probably defined at
your site, and others may be available as well.
Make sure the printer you will use contains the font family you pick!
Note that this overrides the meaning of the
ditroff
-F
option; if you want that, run
ditroff
directly, or use the
-D
option.
- -D fontdirectory
-
find font family directories in the specified
fontdirectory,
rather than the standard font directory which was configured in the
installation procedure.
Note that it may be necessary to use both this option and the
-F
option to imitate the
-F
option in
ditroff.
In 4.2bsd UNIX systems, the following spooler options are passed on to
lpr.
- -Pprinter
-
causes the output to be sent to the named printer.
- -#n
-
causes
n
copies of the output to be produced. The default is one.
- -h
-
suppress the printing of the job burst page.
- -C class
-
set the job classification for use on the burst page.
- -J name
-
set the job name for use on the burst page. Otherwise, the name of the
first input file will be used.
- -m
-
send mail after files have been printed.
In System V UNIX systems, the following spooler options are passed on to
lp.
- -ddest
-
causes the output to be sent to the named destination.
- -nn
-
causes
n
copies of the output to be produced. The default is one.
- -h
-
suppress the printing of the job burst page.
- -r
-
don't page-reverse the output.
- -s
-
suppress messages from
lp.
- -m
-
send mail after files have been printed.
- -w
-
write to user's terminal after files have been printed.
ENVIRONMENT
- PRINTER (4.2bsd)
-
the name of a printer (as in the
-P
option) for
lpr
to use. If no
-P
option is specified,
lpr
will use this printer. If neither
-P
nor PRINTER is set,
psroff
will spool to a printer named ``PostScript''.
- LPDEST (System V)
-
the name of a printer (as in the
-d
option) for
lp
to use. If no
-d
option is specified,
lp
will use this printer. If neither
-d
nor LPDEST is set,
psroff
will spool to a printer class named ``PostScript''.
FILES
- /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.*
-
standard macro files
- /usr/lib/transcript/ditroff.font/devpsc/*
-
ditroff description files for POSTSCRIPT virtual device.
SEE ALSO
transcript(1), psdit(1), ptroff(1), psfonts(1).
[di]troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1), pic(1), refer(1), ideal(1).
4.2bsd: lpr(1).
System V: lp(1).
J. F. Ossanna,
Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan,
A TROFF Tutorial
and
A Typesetter-independent TROFF
Documenter's Workbench
AUTHOR
Adobe Systems Incorporated
BUGS
The
eqn
supplied with
ditroff
is different than the original. Use the options
-r576
-m2
for best results. Other programs (e.g.,
pic)
distributed with
ditroff
have the device names compiled in (so much for device independence!).
They should just have a
-T
option and read the device description file for the information they need.
Use
-T576
with the
pic
distributed with
DWB.
NOTES
POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Documenter's Workbench is a trademark of AT&T Technologies.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved.
Last modified 11/5/97
