Toshiba 451C, 281C PCL5e Specific Options, Text Wrapping, Left Margin, Right Margin, Top Margin

3. Printing

Example: The command to set the black over print mode for the print job is “lp -o blackoverprint=1 filename”

PCL5e Specific Options

Some of the options only apply to plain text or PCL5e files.

— Text Wrapping

The following options control text wrapping when it reaches the right margin.

Option Value	Alternate Value	Description
wrap		Enable automatic text wrapping.
nowrap		Disable automatic text wrapping.

If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be used.

Example: The command to specify wrapping is “lp –o wrap filename”.

— Left Margin

The left margin position can be specified with the following option.

Option Value	Alternate Value	Description
lm=value		Set the left margin to value columns.

If the left margin is set to the right of the right margin it will be ignored.

If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be used.

Example: The command to set the left margin to five columns is “lp –o lm=5 filename”.

— Right Margin

The right margin position can be specified with the following option.

Option Value	Alternate Value	Description
rm=value		Set the right margin to value columns.

If the right margin is set to the left of the left margin or if it is set to a position wider than the logical page it will be ignored. The right margin is specified in columns from the left margin. A negative value will be ignored.

If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be used.

Example: The command to set the right margin to fifty columns is “lp –o rm=50 filename”.

— Top Margin

The top margin position can be specified with the following option.

Option Value	Alternate Value	Description
tm=value		Set the top margin to value lines.

Printing Guide — Printing from UNIX 309