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diff --git a/contrib/groff/grolbp/grolbp.man b/contrib/groff/grolbp/grolbp.man new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..767197d4ca5c --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/groff/grolbp/grolbp.man @@ -0,0 +1,353 @@ +'\" t +.\" The above line should force the use of tbl as a preprocessor +.\" vim: set syntax=nroff : +.\" The above line should set vim into nroff mode +.ig +Copyright (C) 1994-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of +this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice +are preserved on all copies. + +Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +permission notice identical to this one. + +Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this +manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified +versions, except that this permission notice may be included in +translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in +the original English. + +Modified by Francisco Andrés Verdú <pandres@dragonet.es> for the grolbp +program. +.. +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. +.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half +.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent. +.de Tp +.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP +.el .TP "\\$1" +.. +.TH GROLBP @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@" +.SH NAME +grolbp \- groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers). +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nr a \n(.j +.ad l +.nr i \n(.i +.in +\w'\fBgrolbp 'u +.ti \niu +.B grolpb +.de OP +.ie \\n(.$-1 .RI "[\ \fB\\$1\fP" "\\$2" "\ ]" +.el .RB "[\ " "\\$1" "\ ]" +.. +.OP \-l +.OP \-\-landscape +.OP \-v +.OP \-\-version +.OP \-c n +.OP \-\-copies= numcopies +.OP \-p paper_size +.OP \-\-papersize= paper_size +.OP \-o orientation +.OP \-\-orientation= orientation +.OP \-F dir +.OP \-\-fontdir= dir +.OP \-h +.OP \-\-help +.RI "[\ " files\|.\|.\|. "\ ]" +.br +.ad \na +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B grolbp +is a driver for +.B groff +that produces output in CAPSL and VDM format suitable for Canon LBP\-4 and +LBP\-8 printers. +.LP +For compatibility with grolj4 there is an additional drawing command +available: +.TP +.BI \eD'R\ dh\ dv ' +Draw a rule (i.e.\ a solid black rectangle), with one corner at the current +position, and the diagonally opposite corner at the current position +.RI +( dh , dv ). +.SH OPTIONS +Note that there can be whitespace between a one-letter option and its +argument; on the other hand, there must be whitespace and/or an equal sign +(`=') between a long-name option and its argument. +.TP +.BI \-c numcopies +.TQ +.BI \-\-copies= numcopies +Print +.I numcopies +copies of each page. +.TP +.B \-l +.TQ +.B \-\-landscape +Print the document with a landscape orientation. +.TP +.BI \-p paper_size +.TQ +.BI \-\-papersize= paper_size +Set the paper size to +.IR paper_size , +which must be a valid paper size description as indicated in the section +.BR "PAPER SIZES" . +.TP +.BI \-o orientation +.TQ +.BI \-\-orientation= orientation +Print the document with +.I orientation +orientation, which must be `portrait' or `landscape'. +.TP +.B \-v +.TQ +.B \-\-version +Print the version number. +.TP +.BI \-F dir +.TQ +.BI \-\-fontdir= dir +Search directory +.IB dir /devlbp +for font and device description files. +.TP +.B \-h +.TQ +.B \-\-help +Print a short help text. +.SH TYPEFACES +The driver supports the Dutch, Swiss and Swiss-Narrow scalable typefaces, +each one in the Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold-Italic styles. +Additionally, the Courier and Elite monospaced typefaces at the sizes 8 and +12 points (for Courier) resp. 8 and 10 points (for Elite) are supported, +each one in the Regular, Bold and Italic styles. +.PP +The following chart summarizes the font names you can use to access these +fonts: +.PP +.TS +tab(|) allbox center; +c c c c c +ab c c c c +. +Typeface | Regular | Bold | Italic | Bold-Italic +Dutch | TR | TB | TI | TBI +Swiss | HR | HB | HI | HBI +Swiss Narrow | HNR | HNB | HNI | HNBI +Courier | CR | CB | CI | +Elite | ER | EB | EI | +.TE +.PP +.SH PAPER SIZES +The paper size can be set in the +.B DESC +file or with command line options to +.BR grolbp . +If the paper size is specified both ways, the command line options take +precedence over the contents of the +.B DESC +file (this applies to the page orientation too). +.PP +To set the paper size in the +.B DESC +file, insert in that file a line containing +.B papersize +.IR desired_papersize , +where +.I desired_papersize +is: +.IP \(bu 4 +One of the recognized paper sizes: `a4', `letter', `legal' or `executive'. +.IP \(bu 4 +A custom defined paper size, as described in the +.B CUSTOM PAPER SIZES +subsection below. +.IP \(bu 4 +The name of a file (e.g. +.IR /etc/papersize ) +whose first line must be the desired paper size in one of the above formats. +.PP +If there are various papersize lines in the +.B DESC +file, only the first valid one is used. +.PP +To set the paper size in the command line, add +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.BI \-p \ desired_papersize +.in -2m +.sp 1 +or +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.BI \-\-papersize= desired_papersize +.in -2m +.sp 1 +to the other +.B grolbp +options, where +.B desired_papersize +is in the same format as in the +.B DESC +file. +.PP +Paper sizes are case insensitive (i.e., `A4' is the same as `a4'). +.PP +If no paper size is specified in the +.B DESC +file or the command line, a default size of A4 is used. +.TP +.SH CUSTOM PAPER SIZES +Custom defined paper sizes are in the form +.BI cust length x width +where +.I length +and +.I width +are the dimensions of the paper you want to to use, specified in printer +units (1/300 of an inch). +For instance, to print in a postcard sized paper which is two inches long +and four inches wide you can insert a line containing +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.B papersize cust600x1200 +.in -2m +.sp 1 +at the beginning of the +.B DESC +file. +.SH PAGE ORIENTATION +As with the page size, the orientation of the printed page +.RB ( portrait +or +.BR landscape ) +can be set in the +.B DESC +file or with command line options. +It is also case insensitive. +.PP +To set the orientation in the +.B DESC +file, insert a line with the following content: +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.B orientation +.RB [ portrait | landscape ] +.in -2m +.sp 1 +As with paper sizes, only the first valid orientation command in the +.B DESC +file is used. +.PP +To set the page orientation with command line options you can use the +.B \-o +or +.B \-\-orientation +option with the same parameters +.RB ( portrait +or +.BR landscape ) +as in the +.B DESC +file. +Or you can use the +.B \-l +option to force the pages to be printed in landscape. +.SH FONT FILE FORMAT +In addition to the usual commands described in +.BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@), +.B grolbp +provides the command +.I lbpname +which sets the font name sent to the printer when requesting this font. +The syntax of this command is: +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.B lbpname +.I printer_font_name +.in -2m +.IP \(bu +For bitmapped fonts, +.I printer_font_name +has the form +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.RI N\(la base_fontname \(ra\(la font_style \(ra +.in -2m +.sp 1 +.I base_fontname +is the font name as it appears in the printers font listings without the +first letter, up to (but not including) the font size. +.I font_style +can be one of the letters +.BR R , +.BR I , +or +.BR B , +indicating the font styles Roman, Italic and Bold respectively. +.IP +For instance, if the printer's +.I font listing A +shows font `Nelite12I.ISO_USA', the corresponding entry in the font +description file is +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.B lbpname NeliteI +.in -2m +.IP +Note that you may need to modify +.B grolbp +to add support for new bitmapped fonts, since the available font names and +font sizes of bitmapped fonts (as documented above) are hard-coded into the +program. +.IP \(bu +For scalable fonts, +.I printer_font_name +is identical to the font name as it appears in the printer's +.IR "font listing A" . +.IP +For instance, to select the `Swiss' font in bold style, which appears in +the printer's +.I font listing A +as `Swiss-Bold', the required +.B lbpname +command line is +.sp 1 +.in +2m +.B lbpname Swiss-Bold +.in -2m +.sp 1 +.PP +The argument of +.B lbpname +is case sensitive. +.SH FILES +.TP +.B @FONTDIR@/devlbp/DESC +Device description file. +.TP +.BI @FONTDIR@/devlbp/ F +Font description file for font +.IR F . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@), +.BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@), +.BR groff_out (@MAN5EXT@), +.BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@), +.BR groff_char (@MAN7EXT@) +.\" +.\" Local Variables: +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: |