la88cof(8)la88cof(8)NAMEla88cof - Filter for the Simplified Chinese LA88 printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/la88cof [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] [-l length] [-L locale]
[-n login] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner.
This name can contain Hanzi characters. Specifies the amount of inden‐
tation. The default value is no (no indentation). Specifies the page
length in lines. The default value is 66. Specifies the printer code‐
set. This value must be a valid locale name. The default value is
zh_CN.dechanzi. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name
can contain Hanzi characters. Specifies the page width in columns. The
default value is 132.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The la88cof filter is used to filter text data for the LA88-C printer.
The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and performs
accounting functions. At print job completion times, accounting records
are written to the file specified by the af field in the /etc/printcap
file.
The la88cof filter can handle plain text files and files that have been
preprocessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain non-ASCII char‐
acters. The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining,
superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for
the LA88-C printer.
The la88cof filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the
if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more information on these
fields, see printcap(4).
The LA88-C printer can be configured to use the software on-demand
loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs).
See i18n_printing(5) for a more detailed description of SoftODL.
To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys field in /etc/printcap to 256.
You can also set the default SoftODL database, style, and size by
including the odldb and odlstyle options in the ya field. If you spec‐
ify a value for the yt field, use fifo. For more information on these
fields, see printcap(4).
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 la88cof print filter: To specify the Soft‐
ODL database path To specify SoftODL font style and size
For a complete description of the -A option and its arguments, 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)la88cof(8)