4 PRINTING FROM UNIX

‰Outer Margin

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

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

outermargin

 

Select the outer margin value for the booklet printing

=value

 

mode.

 

 

This value specifies in pixels the Outer Margin or the

 

 

“Creep” per page, which should take place while

 

 

printing a booklet. The valid range for value is 0 - 600.

 

 

Default is 0.

 

 

 

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

‰Collate

The collate option can be selected using the following options.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

collate=off

OFF

Cancel the collate printing mode.

 

 

 

collate=on

ON

Set the collate printing mode.

 

 

 

If this option is not specified, the default value of “collate=on” will be used.

Example: The command to select collate off is “lp -o collate=off filename”.

‰Orientation

The following orientation options are available.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

portrait

 

Print the document in portrait orientation.

 

 

 

landscape

 

Print the document in landscape orientation.

 

 

 

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 landscape orientation is “lp -o landscape filename”.

‰Font Pitch

If the pitch is specified the net_estcolor program will always select the Courier font; otherwise the default font is used. The following options are used to select the font pitch.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

c

pitch=16.67

Set the character pitch to 16.67 characters per inch.

 

 

 

10

pitch=10

Set the character pitch to 10 characters per inch.

 

 

 

12

pitch=12

Set the character pitch to 12 characters per inch.

 

 

 

pitch=value

 

Set the character pitch to value characters per inch.

 

 

 

In all the cases shown above the Courier font will also be selected. When the pitch is changed the font size will automatically be scaled to the appropriate size.

If this option is not specified, the default pitch and font will be used.

Example: The command to specify 8 characters per inch is “lp -o pitch=8 filename”.

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