Options
The printing system in SLAC supports several options, which could be applied
to any printer. From UNIX they can be activated by using the -Z
parameter of the lpr command.
The lpr man page contains information about these SLAC modifications:
LPR(1) LPR(1)
NAME
lpr - off line print
SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -A ] [ -b,l ] [ -C class ] [ -D debugopt ]
[ -F filterformat ] [ -h ] [ -i indentcols ]
[ -k ] [ -J job ] [ -K,# copies ]
[ -m mailTo ] [ -P printer ] [ -Q ] [ -r ]
[ -R remoteAccount ] [ -s ] [ -T title ] [ -U user ]
[ -V ] [ -w width ] [ -Z zoptions ] [ -1,2,3,4 font ]
[ filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when
facilities become available. If no names appear, the
standard input is assumed.
OPTIONS
[...]
-Z zoptions
This option is used to pass options to the print
spooler, and is used when additional or specialized
information must be provided to the spooler. The
following zoptions are available at SLAC:
ascii
ASCII file (auto-detected).
bindlong
controls page orientation in duplex printing to
allow binding on the long edge.
bindshort
controls page orientation in duplex printing to
allow binding on the short edge.
compressed
use a small dense font for ASCII printing.
duplex
print double sided (duplex) if available on the
printer.
dvi (La)TeX DVI file (auto-detected). All include
files must have absolute path names and they
must be accessible by the print server.
hires
use highest resolution of the printer.
h'title'
set the header text for ASCII printing.
iso1 support ISO Latin 1 character set to allow e.g.
umlauts.
landscape
use the landscape page format.
nobanner
do not print a banner page.
noheader / nh
suppress header in ASCII printouts.
pdf PDF file (auto-detected).
portrait
use the portrait page format.
postscript
PostScript file (auto-detected).
roff file contains groff, nroff, troff, or deroff
commands (auto-detected).
raw / transparent
print the file "as is" and do not apply any
post-processing (filtering).
simplex
print single sided (no duplex).
transparency
use transparencies if available on the printer.
xq extra quality printing (with edge smoothing, if
available on the printer).
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December 15, 1999, Alf Wachsmann. Last modified: 06-06-2000