Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!santra!digiw!petri
From: petri@digiw.UUCP (Petri Alhola)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: lp filter for PostScript printers
Keywords: lp, PostScript, filter
Message-ID: <929@digiw.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 89 17:33:11 GMT
References: <188@softest.UUCP>
Reply-To: petri@digiw.UUCP (Petri Alhola)
Organization: Digiware , Helsinki Finland
Lines: 45

In article <188@softest.UUCP> daves@softest.UUCP (Dave Schneider) writes:
>Does anyone have an "lp" filter for PostScript printers that
>changes ascii to PostScript and offers access to other PostScript
>features such as landscape, font and size selection....?

I have made one, that works with system V rel 3.x print spooler
in 386/ix ( interactive systems ). The filter is completely system
independent and i have used it in bsd 4.3 and dos systems.
The filter allows to change font size but not curently change font, becouse
it needs font where all characters are same width ( actualy filter does not 
need, but normal lp programs requires it ). 
The filter can be used with system V spooler following ways:

cat xyzzy | lp        -- Produces normal 72 rowpotrait listing
cat xyzzy | lp -o-U   -- produces two pages of 66 row listing
cat xyzzy | lp -o-C   -- Directly cat text as postscript to printer


If there is intrest for this kind of program i can post source in some
newsgroup.

Here is option curently implemented in program
$ pscat -?
pcat 1.2 Text to postscript filter. Author and Copyright Petri Alhola 1987-11-27
-c<file> Cat file as postscript prologue
-C       Cat all files as direct postscript files
-f<num>  Set font size to <num> points ( default is 10 )
-k<num>  Set number of columns 
-l<num>  Set the left marigin to <num> ( default = 0 )
-<num>    Print file in <num> columns 1..9
-n<num>  Sets number of lines per page: <num> ( default=72 )
-o        Truncates longer lines. default, lines are not truncated
-p<num>  Set number of lines per page
-r        Print page rotated 90 degrees ( landscape )
-u        Print USA, 66 text line documents
-x<num>   Set X offset
-z<path> read file names from <path>
-Z        read file names from stdin 
  ----- Combination options -----
-R        -r -o -c=92 -f=7 -2 ( Prints 92 col * 79 row , 2 pages )
-U        -r -o -c=80 -f=8 -2 ( Prints 92 col * 69 row , 2 pages )

Petri Alhola
petri@digiw.fi
petri@digiw.uucp