thailpof(8)thailpof(8)NAMEthailpof - Generic filter for printing Thai text files
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/thailpof [-c] [-h host] [-H] [-i indent] [-l length] [-n
login] [-P printer_id] [-S] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner.
This name can contain Thai characters. Enables half-height printing
mode. In printers without a one-pass printing mode, Thai characters
are printed on 3 levels, or 3 lines. When half-height printing mode is
enabled, the 3 levels are printed in 1.5 lines, which improves the
appearance of output. The cost of this improvement is slower printing
speed. Specifies the amount of indentation. The default value is no
(no indentation). Specifies the page length in lines. The default
value is 22. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name can
contain Thai characters. Specifies the printer ID in the format that
conforms to the Wototo Specification. This format is [bb][mm][nn]
where: Is the brand ID, representing the brand of the printer. Is the
model ID, representing the model of the printer. Is the code ID, spec‐
ifying the character code used by the printer. Enables space-compensa‐
tion mode. Many of the existing tools for text alignment cannot handle
nonspacing characters properly. When printing output from such tools,
enabling space-compensation mode improves alignment of output text.
Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is 80.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The thailpof filter is a generic print filter for Thai text files. The
filter handles the device dependencies of printers and performs
accounting functions. At print job completion times, accounting
records are written to the file specified by the af field in
/etc/printcap.
The filter can handle plain text files and files that have been prepro‐
cessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain Thai characters. The
thailpof filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining,
superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for
the printer.
The thailpof filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the
if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For a description of these fields,
see printcap(4).
To print Thai characters on the flag page using 3-pass mode, you must
specify /usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field of the /etc/printcap file.
In 3-pass mode, however, the flag page is not printed on one page.
Therefore, if you do not plan to print Thai characters on the flag
page, or if you are using one-pass mode, do not specify
/usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field.
NOTES
The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments
to enable localization features supported by various printers. The fol‐
lowing can be used with the thailpof filter: To specify one-and-a-half
line printing To enable space-compensation mode. To specify the path‐
name of the character code table
For a complete description of this option and its associated arguments
or values, refer to lpr(1).
ERRORS
The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file
specifies the name of the error log.
SEE ALSO
Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: i18n_printing(5)thailpof(8)