osf1 man page for la86of

la86of(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 la86of(8)

NAME
       la86of - Filter for the Japanese LA86 printer

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lbin/la86of [-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 Japanese 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 ja_JP.deckanji.  Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name
       can contain Japanese characters.  Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is 132.

OPERANDS
       Specifies the file to record accounting information.

DESCRIPTION
       The la86of filter is used to filter text data for the Japanese LA86 printer. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer  and
       performs  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 la86of 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 LA86 printer.

       The LA86-J printer can be configured to use the software on-demand loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs). For
       a more detailed description of SoftODL, see i18n_printing(5).

       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
       using the odldb and odlstyle options of the ya field.  If you specify a value for the yt field, use fifo.  Refer to  printcap(4)  for  more
       information on these fields and associated options.

       The  la86of filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more information, see print-
       cap(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 la86of 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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