PSROFF(1) Impressario PSROFF(1)NAMEpsroff - troff to a POSTSCRIPT printer
SYNOPSISpsroff [ -t ] [ troff options ] [ spool options ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTIONpsroff is a shell script that runs troff(1) in an environment to produce
output on a POSTSCRIPT printer. It uses psdit to convert troff
intermediate output to POSTSCRIPT format, and spools this for printing.
If no files are specified, the standard input is used.
For those interested in including arbitrary POSTSCRIPT language commands
or files in a troff document, see psdit(1).
In addition to the standard troff options, the following options are
understood by psroff.
-t sends the POSTSCRIPT output to the standard output, rather than
spooling it to a printer. Note that this overrides the meaning of
the troff -t option; if you want that, run troff directly.
-F fontfamily
use the specified font family for the R/I/B/BI fonts, rather than
the default family, which is Times. Fontfamilies Times, Courier, and
Helvetica are probably defined at your site, and others may be
available as well. Make sure the printer you will use contains the
font family you pick! Note that this overrides the meaning of the
troff -F option; if you want that, run troff directly, or use the -D
option.
-D fontdirectory
find font family directories in the specified fontdirectory, rather
than the standard font directory which was configured in the
installation procedure. Note that it may be necessary to use both
this option and the -F option to imitate the -F option in troff.
The following spooler options are passed on to lp.
-ddest
causes the output to be sent to the named destination.
-nn causes n copies of the output to be produced. The default is one.
-h suppress the printing of the banner page.
-r don't page-reverse the output.
-s suppress messages from lp.
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-w write to user's terminal after files have been printed.
ENVIRONMENT
LPDEST
the name of a printer (as in the -d option) for lp to use. If no -d
option is specified, lp will use this printer. If neither -d nor
LPDEST is set, psroff will spool to a printer class named
``PostScript''.
FILES
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.* - standard macro files
/usr/lib/font/devpsc/* - troff description files for POSTSCRIPT
virtual device.
BUGS
The eqn supplied with troff is different than the original. Use the
options -r576 -m2 for best results. Other programs (e.g., pic)
distributed with troff have the device names compiled in (so much for
device independence!). They should just have a -T option and read the
device description file for the information they need. Use -T576 with
the pic distributed with DWB.
NOTES
POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Documenter's Workbench is a trademark of AT&T Technologies.
ORIGIN
Adobe Systems Incorporated
SEE ALSOtranscript(1), psdit(1), ptroff(1), psfonts(1), troff(1), eqn(1), tbl(1),
pic(1), refer(1), lp(1).
J. F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff user's manual
B. W. Kernighan, A TROFF Tutorial and
A Typesetter-independent TROFF Documenter's Workbench
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