la88cof(8)						      System Manager's Manual							la88cof(8)

NAME

       la88cof - Filter for the Simplified Chinese LA88 printer

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lbin/la88cof [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] [-l length] [-L locale] [-n login] [-w width] [accounting_file]

OPTIONS

       Prints  control	characters.   Specifies  the  host name of the job owner. This name can contain Hanzi characters.  Specifies the amount of
       indentation. The default value is no (no indentation).  Specifies the page length in lines. The default value is 66.  Specifies the printer
       codeset. This value must be a valid locale name. The default value is zh_CN.dechanzi.  Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name
       can contain Hanzi characters.  Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is 132.

OPERANDS

       Specifies the file to record accounting information.

DESCRIPTION

       The la88cof filter is used to filter text data for the LA88-C printer. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer  and  per-
       forms  accounting  functions.  At  print  job completion times, accounting records are written to the file specified by the af field in the
       /etc/printcap file.

       The la88cof filter can handle plain text files and files that have been preprocessed by nroff.  Either kind of file can	contain  non-ASCII
       characters.  The  filter  translates  nroff  control  sequences	for  underlining, superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control
       sequences for the LA88-C printer.

       The la88cof filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more  information  on  these
       fields, see printcap(4).

       The LA88-C printer can be configured to use the software on-demand loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs). See
       i18n_printing(5) for a more detailed description of SoftODL.

       To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys field in /etc/printcap to 256.  You can also set the default SoftODL database, style,  and  size	by
       including  the  odldb  and  odlstyle  options in the ya field.  If you specify a value for the yt field, use fifo.  For more information on
       these fields, see printcap(4).

NOTES

       The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments to enable localization features supported by  various  printers.  The
       following can be used with the la88cof print filter: To specify the SoftODL database path To specify SoftODL font style and size

       For a complete description of the -A option and its arguments, refer to lpr(1).

ERRORS

       The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file specifies the name of the error log.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)

       Files: printcap(4)

       Others: i18n_printing(5)

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