postdmd(1)
postdmd --
PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files
Synopsis
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdmd [options] [files]
Description
postdmd translates DMD bitmap
files,
as produced by dmdps,
or
files
written in the Ninth Edition bitfile format
into PostScript and writes the results on the
standard output.
If no
files
are specified, or if ``-'' is one of the input
files,
the standard input is read.
The following
options
are understood:
-b num-
Pack the bitmap in the output file using
num
byte patterns.
A value of 0 turns off all packing of the output file.
By default,
num
is 6.
-c num-
Print
num
copies of each page.
By default only one copy is printed.
-f-
Flip the sense of the bits in
files
before printing the bitmaps.
-m num-
Magnify each logical page by the factor
num.
Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
which by default is located at the center of
each page.
The default magnification is 1.0.
-n num-
Print
num
logical pages on each piece of paper,
where
num
can be any positive integer.
By default
num
is set to 1.
-o list-
Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
list.
The list contains single numbers
N
and ranges
N1 - N2.
A missing
N1
means the lowest numbered page, a missing
N2
means the highest.
-p mode-
Print
files
in either portrait or landscape
mode.
Only the first character of
mode
is significant.
The default
mode
is portrait.
-x num-
Translate the origin
num
inches along the positive x axis.
The default
coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
center of the page, with positive
x to the right and positive y up the page.
Positive
num
moves everything right.
The default offset is 0 inches.
-y num-
Translate the origin
num
inches along the positive y axis.
Positive
num
moves everything up the page.
The default offset is 0.
Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page,
and each of the input
files
must contain complete descriptions of at least one bitmap.
Decreasing the pattern size using the
-b
option may help throughput on printers with fast processors
(such as PS-810s),
while increasing the pattern size will often be the right move
on older models (such as PS-800s).
Files
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdmd.ps-
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/forms.ps-
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests-
Diagnostics
An exit status of 0 is returned if
files
were successfully processed.
References
download(1),
dpost(1),
postdaisy(1),
postio(1),
postmd(1),
postprint(1),
postreverse(1),
posttek(1)
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004