GROLBP(1)GROLBP(1)NAMEgrolbp - groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and
LBP-8 series laser printers).
SYNOPSIS
grolpb [ -l ] [ --landscape ] [ -v ] [ --version ] [ -cn ]
[ --copies=numcopies ] [ -ppaper_size ] [ --paper
size=paper_size ] [ -oorientation ] [ --orienta
tion=orientation ] [ -Fdir ] [ --fontdir=dir ]
[ -h ] [ --help ] [ files... ]
DESCRIPTIONgrolbp is a driver for groff that produces output in CAPSL
and VDM format suitable for Canon LBP-4 and LBP-8 print
ers.
For compatibility with grolj4 there is an additional draw
ing command available:
\D'R dh dv'
Draw a rule (i.e. a solid black rectangle), with
one corner at the current position, and the diago
nally opposite corner at the current position
+(dh,dv).
OPTIONS
Note that there can be whitespace between a one-letter
option and its argument; on the other hand, there must be
whitespace and/or an equal sign (`=') between a long-name
option and its argument.
-cnumcopies
--copies=numcopies
Print numcopies copies of each page.
-l
--landscape
Print the document with a landscape orientation.
-ppaper_size
--papersize=paper_size
Set the paper size to paper_size, which must be a
valid paper size description as indicated in the
section PAPER SIZES.
-oorientation
--orientation=orientation
Print the document with orientation orientation,
which must be `portrait' or `landscape'.
-v
--version
Print the version number.
-Fdir
--fontdir=dir
Prepend directory dir/devlbp to the search path for
font and device description files.
-h
--help Print a short help text.
TYPEFACES
The driver supports the Dutch, Swiss and Swiss-Narrow
scalable typefaces, each one in the Regular, Bold, Italic
and Bold-Italic styles. Additionally, the Courier and
Elite monospaced typefaces at the sizes 8 and 12 points
(for Courier) resp. 8 and 10 points (for Elite) are sup
ported, each one in the Regular, Bold and Italic styles.
The following chart summarizes the font names you can use
to access these fonts:
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Typeface | Regular | Bold | Italic | Bold-Italic |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Dutch | TR | TB | TI | TBI |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Swiss | HR | HB | HI | HBI |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Swiss Narrow | HNR | HNB | HNI | HNBI |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Courier | CR | CB | CI | |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
| Elite | ER | EB | EI | |
+----------------+-----------+--------+----------+--------------+
PAPER SIZES
The paper size can be set in the DESC file or with command
line options to grolbp. If the paper size is specified
both ways, the command line options take precedence over
the contents of the DESC file (this applies to the page
orientation too).
To set the paper size in the DESC file, insert in that
file a line containing papersize desired_papersize, where
desired_papersize is:
One of the recognized paper sizes: `a4', `letter',
`legal' or `executive'.
A custom defined paper size, as described in the CUS
TOM PAPER SIZES subsection below.
The name of a file (e.g. /etc/papersize) whose first
line must be the desired paper size in one of the
above formats.
If there are various papersize lines in the DESC file,
only the first valid one is used.
To set the paper size in the command line, add
-p desired_papersize
or
--papersize=desired_papersize
to the other grolbp options, where desired_papersize is in
the same format as in the DESC file.
Paper sizes are case insensitive (i.e., `A4' is the same
as `a4').
If no paper size is specified in the DESC file or the com
mand line, a default size of A4 is used.
CUSTOM PAPER SIZES
Custom defined paper sizes are in the form
custlengthxwidth where length and width are the
dimensions of the paper you want to to use, speci
fied in printer units (1/300 of an inch). For
instance, to print in a postcard sized paper which
is two inches long and four inches wide you can
insert a line containing
papersize cust600x1200
at the beginning of the DESC file.
PAGE ORIENTATION
As with the page size, the orientation of the printed page
(portrait or landscape) can be set in the DESC file or
with command line options. It is also case insensitive.
To set the orientation in the DESC file, insert a line
with the following content:
orientation [portrait|landscape]
As with paper sizes, only the first valid orientation com
mand in the DESC file is used.
To set the page orientation with command line options you
can use the -o or --orientation option with the same
parameters (portrait or landscape) as in the DESC file.
Or you can use the -l option to force the pages to be
printed in landscape.
FONT FILE FORMAT
In addition to the usual commands described in
groff_font(5), grolbp provides the command lbpname which
sets the font name sent to the printer when requesting
this font. The syntax of this command is:
lbpname printer_font_name
For bitmapped fonts, printer_font_name has the form
N<base_fontname><font_style>
base_fontname is the font name as it appears in the
printers font listings without the first letter, up
to (but not including) the font size. font_style
can be one of the letters R, I, or B, indicating
the font styles Roman, Italic and Bold respec
tively.
For instance, if the printer's font listing A shows
font `Nelite12I.ISO_USA', the corresponding entry
in the font description file is
lbpname NeliteI
Note that you may need to modify grolbp to add sup
port for new bitmapped fonts, since the available
font names and font sizes of bitmapped fonts (as
documented above) are hard-coded into the program.
For scalable fonts, printer_font_name is identical
to the font name as it appears in the printer's
font listing A.
For instance, to select the `Swiss' font in bold
style, which appears in the printer's font listing
A as `Swiss-Bold', the required lbpname command
line is
lbpname Swiss-Bold
The argument of lbpname is case sensitive.
FILES
/usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devlbp/DESC
Device description file.
/usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devlbp/F
Font description file for font F.
/usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/lbp.tmac
Macros for use with grolbp.
SEE ALSOgroff(1), troff(1), groff_out(5), groff_font(5),
groff_char(7)Groff Version 1.17.2 22 November 2000 GROLBP(1)
