4 PRINTING FROM UNIX

‰Page Layout

The booklet mode page layout can be selected using the following options.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

left2right=off

OFF

Select right to left page layout for the booklet printing

 

 

mode.

 

 

This value decides the layout of the pages in the

 

 

booklet.

 

 

If this value is OFF then the layout of pages is Right to

 

 

Left as shown in the figure below.

left2right=on

ON

Select left to right page layout for the booklet printing

 

 

mode.

 

 

This is the default setting.

 

 

If the value is ON then the layout of the pages is from

 

 

Left to Right as shown in the figure below.

If left2right=off then long edge binding is selected, otherwise if left2right=on then short edge binding is used. Example: The command to select left to right page layout for booklet printing mode is

“lp -o left2right=on filename”.

‰Center Margin

The booklet mode center margin can be selected using the following options.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

centermargin

 

Select the center margin value for the booklet printing

=value

 

mode.

 

 

This value specifies in pixels the Center Margin or the

 

 

“Gutter”. This is in addition to the center margin already

 

 

specified by the application. The valid range for value is

 

 

0 - 300. Default is 0.

 

 

 

Example: The command to select the center margin value for booklet printing mode is “lp -o centermargin=value filename”.

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