ln03rof(8)						      System Manager's Manual							ln03rof(8)

NAME

       ln03rof, ln05rof, ln06rof, ln07rof, ln08rof, ln09of, ln14of, ps_level1of, ps_level2of - ASCII to PostScript translation filter

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lbin/ln03rof [-n login] [-h host] [-w pagewidth] [...] [accounting_file]

OPTIONS

       Specifies  the  host name of the job owner.  Specifies the amount of indentation.  Specifies the page length in lines.  Specifies the login
       name of the job owner Selects the output tray where the printed job will be deposited.  Refer to the lpr(1) reference page for more  infor-
       mation.	 Specifies  the  page width in columns. If the value is greater than 80 the filter will switch to landscape printing.  Selects the
       input paper tray that supplies paper for the print job. The tray names are printer dependent. Refer to the lpr(1) reference page  for  more
       information.   Prints  the  job	in  a way specified by the sides variable. The available options are: Print only on one side of the sheet.
       Prints on both sides of the sheet.  Prints the page in the way specified by the orientation  variable.	The  available	options  are:  The
       printed output is parallel to the short side of the page.  The printed output is parallel to the long side of the page.	Specifies the size
       of the paper. The available sizes are: letter or A4. This switch is specified after the filter specification in the /etc/printcap file. For
       example:

	      :if=/usr/lbin/ln03rof -Sa4:

	      The default value is letter.

   OPERANDS
       Specifies the file in which accounting information will be recorded.

DESCRIPTION

       The  ln03rof  and  related filters translate ASCII to PostScript, handles the device dependencies of a PostScript printer and performs some
       accounting functions. PostScript printers print documents formatted in the PostScript page description language only.

       The ln03rof_isolatin1 and ln03rof_decmcs filters are alternatives to ln03rof and affect how ASCII documents are printed.   They	cause  the
       encoding for ISO Latin1 or DEC MCS to be used instead of the Adobe Standard Encoding.

       The  ln03rof  filter  will not translate PostScript documents. The decision to translate a file is based on the first two characters in the
       document. If they are %!, the filter assumes the document has already been formatted in PostScript. If the first two characters are not %!,
       the  filter assumes that the document is plain ASCII and translates it into PostScript. The ln03rof filter maintains accounting information
       only for documents that it translates. The af field in the /etc/printcap file is used to specify the accounting file.

       It is recommended that the ln03rof filter be specified for both the of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file.  For a  description	of
       these fields, see the printcap(4) reference page.

   Filter Files
       The following print filters and alternatives are available in /usr/lbin/.

       -------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Adobe	     DEC MCS		  ISO Latin 1	      Printer
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ln03rof	     ln03rof_decmcs	  ln03rof_isolatin1   LN03r
       ln05rof	     ln05rof_decmcs	  ln05rof_isolatin1   DEClaser 2150
       ln06rof	     ln06rof_decmcs	  ln06rof_isolatin1   DEClaser 2250
       ln07rof	     ln07rof_decmcs	  ln07rof_isolatin1   DEClaser 1150
       ln08rof	     ln08rof_decmcs	  ln08rof_isolatin1   DEClaser 3250
       ln09of	     ln09of_decmcs	  ln09of_isolatin1    DEClaser 5100
       ln14of	     ln14of_decmcs	  ln14of_isolatin1    DEClaser 3500
       ps_level1of   ps_level1of_decmcs   ps_level1of_iso-    PostScript  level
					  latin1	      1
       ps_level2of   ps_level2of_decmcs   ps_level2of_iso-    PostScript  level
					  latin1	      2
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXIT STATUS

       Success.  An error occurred.

ERRORS

       The /etc/printcap error log field, lf, specifies the name of the error log file.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: cancel(1), lpr(1), pr(1), printer(1), lpd(8), pac(8), pcfof(8), thailpof(8)

       Files: printcap(4)

       Others: i18n_printing(5)

       System Administration

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