IMPRINT(1) Impressario IMPRINT(1)NAMEimprint - converts text files to PostScript, similar to Adobe
enscript(tm)SYNOPSISimprint [-1] [-2] [-B] [-b headerText]
[-c] [-d printerName] [-F hfontNameSize]
[-f fontNameSize] [-G] [-g] [-h]
[-L maxLines] [-l] [-m] [-n numCopies]
[-o printerOptions] [-p outFilename] [-q]
[-r] [-R] [-t bannerTitle] [-w] [-M]
[text file ...]
DESCRIPTIONimprint formats text files using the PostScript page description language
and prints these files on a PostScript capable printer. The program
provides a wide variety of formatting options including multiple column
output, page rotation, font selection and page decoration.
Text File Input
One or more text files can be specified on the command line. If no files
are specified on the command line, imprint will read from the standard
input. Currently, imprint can accept plain text files in a number of
languages. The program has successfully formatted English, French,
German, and Russian (cyrillic) text files and theoretically should be
able to handle any language that can be expressed using an Adobe Type 1
font in a horizontal writing direction. imprint cannot currently handle
Adobe Type 0 composite fonts or vertical writing directions.
Besides plain text files, imprint can accept text files that contain
formatting control characters and special escape sequences. The most
common example of such files are formatted nroff manual pages. imprint
has successfully handled the complex formatting produced by the tbl and
eqn programs. The following control characters and escape sequences are
recognized by imprint:
Name Char Code Description
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Null 0x00 No action
Bell ^G 0x07 Audible bell
Backspace ^H 0x08 Reverse one character
H Tab ^I 0x09 Forward to next multiple of 8
Newline ^J 0x0A Start new line
V Tab ^K 0x0B Down one line
Formfeed ^L 0x0C Begin new page or column
Return ^M 0x0D Reverse to start of line
Shift Out ^N 0x0E No action
Shift In ^O 0x0F No action
Esc 0x1B Begin escape sequence
Esc-7 Reverse full line feed
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Esc-8 Reverse half line feed
Esc-9 Forward half line feed
Esc-D Guady header left box text
Esc-H Gaudy header filename area text
Esc-U Gaudy user comment area text
Esc-F Font change sequence
See the Special Escape Sequences section below for details on the Esc-D,
Esc-H, Esc-U and Esc-F sequences.
Control characters and escape sequences not listed above will cause
imprint to issue a warning indicating the offending character and its
location in the text file. To prevent inadvertently attempting to format
a binary file, imprint will terminate the processing of any file that
contains more than fifty unrecognized characters unless the -g option has
been specified (see below). To ensure the proper processing of text files
the international locale should be established either by setting the LANG
environment variable prior to running imprint.
PostScript Output
imprint produces Level 1 PostScript code formatted in compliance with the
Adobe Document Structuring Conventions, Version 3.0. The output
PostScript data sent to the printer is 7-bit clean even when the input
data is not.
Command Line Options
-1 Format text into a single column. This is the default.
-2 Format text into two columns. Typically, when using two
columns, the font size should be reduced to avoid excessive
line wrapping.
-B By default, imprint places a simple header at the top of each
page. This header consists of the date, time, file pathname
and page number. Specifying the -B switch omits the header.
-b headerText
Specifies a comment to be placed on the page header. For the
default header, the headerText will replace the file pathname.
If the -G option is specified, the headerText will be placed
above the file pathname.
-c By default, imprint wraps text lines that are too long for the
column. The -c option causes long text lines to be clipped
rather than wrapped to the next line.
-d printerName
If the -p option is not specified, -d specifies a destination
printer for which the text files are to be formatted and
printed. printername is the name of the printer as registered
with the printer spooling system (see printers(1M) for
information on printer installation). The printer may be
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physically attached to the system or it may be a network
printer. If a printer has not been specified, the system
default printer will be used. If the -p option is specified,
the text files are formatted for the specified printer but are
sent instead to the specified output file. In this case, if a
printer has not been specified, the text files are formatted
assuming a generic environment.
-F hfontNameSize
Specifies the font name and point size to use for the default
page header. The default header font is Courier-Bold10. Note
that this option has no effect when the gaudy header is used.
See the Fonts section below for additional information.
-f fontNameSize
Specifies the font name and point size to use for the body
text. The default body font is normally Courier10. When rotated
(-r), two-column (-2) formatting is specified, the default body
font becomes Courier7. See the Fonts section below for
additional information.
-G Provides a more elaborate page decoration and header than the
default header. The date, time, file pathname and page number
are provided along with a space for a user supplied comment
(see -b).
-gimprint recognizes plain text characters, a number of common
control characters and a set of special escape sequences. All
other characters cause a warning message to be issued
identifying the character and its location in the input file.
If more than 50 characters in a file are unrecognized, the
processing of that file terminates. This prevents inadvertently
attempting to format a binary file. If a file is to be
formatted that contains unrecognizable characters, the -g
option should be specified. This silences all unrecognized
character warnings and allows an unlimited number of
unrecognized characters to be processed.
-h Specifies that a banner page should not be printed.
-L maxLines
Normally, imprint places as many lines of text on the page as
will fit (equivalent to specifying maxLines as 0). The -L
option places a maximum limit on the number of lines placed on
a page or column. The number of lines actually produced will
be either maxLines or the number that can fit on the page
whichever is less.
-l Specifies a line printer emulation mode. In this mode page
headers are omitted and 66 lines per page are printed. This
mode should be specified when printing preformatted nroff
manual pages.
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IMPRINT(1) Impressario IMPRINT(1)-m Causes mail to be sent after the text files have been printed.
This option has no effect when the -p option is specified.
-n numCopies
Prints numCopies of each page. One copy is the default. When
the -p option is specified a single copy of the output is
provided and the -n option is ignored.
-o printerOptions
Allows printer specific options to be specified. See the lp(1)
manual page for details on this option.
-p outFilename
Sends the PostScript output to the specified file rather than
to a printer. If outFilename is specified as '-', the output is
sent to the standard output. If a printer has been specified,
the output is formatted for that printer (i.e margins, page
size, etc.). If a printer has not been specified, a generic
environment is assumed.
-q Normally, imprint displays summary information when it has
completed formatting the text files. The -q option runs the
program in silent mode and no summary information is printed.
Errors and warnings cannot be silenced.
-R Specifies non-rotated orientation and is the default. This is
typically a portrait orientation.
-r Specifies that the text columns should be rotated 90 degrees
counter- clockwise. This is typically a landscape orientation.
-t bannerTitle
Specifies a banner page title for the print job.
-w Causes a message to be sent after the text files have been
printed. This option has no effect when the -p option is
specified.
-M If the input file(s) is named in the commandline, then the
file's last modified timestamp will be printed in the page
header. This overrides any header text specified with the -b
option.
Fonts
imprint can utilize the fonts found in the directory /usr/lib/DPS/AFM.
The full font name may be specified or one of the font name abbreviations
listed in the table below may be used.
Full Name Abbreviation
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Courier C
Courier-Bold CB
Courier-BoldOblique CBO
Courier-Oblique CO
Helvetica H
Helvetica-Bold HB
Helvetica-BoldOblique HBO
Helvetica-Oblique HO
Symbol S
Times-Bold TB
Times-BoldItalic TBI
Times-Italic TI
Times-Roman T
AvantGarde-Book AGB
AvantGarde-BookOblique AGBO
AvantGarde-Demi AGD
AvantGarde-DemiOblique AGDO
Bookman-Demi BD
Bookman-DemiItalic BDI
Bookman-Light BL
Bookman-LightItalic BLI
Helvetica-Narrow HN
Helvetica-Narrow-Bold HNB
Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique HNBO
Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique HNO
NewCenturySchlbk-Bold NCSB
NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic NCSBI
NewCenturySchlbk-Italic NCSI
NewCenturySchlbk-Roman NCSR
Palatino-Bold PB
Palatino-BoldItalic PBI
Palatino-Italic PI
Palatino-Roman PR
ZapfChancery-MediumItalic ZCMI
ZapfDingbats ZD
If a font is specified that is not found in the font directory, Courier
will be substituted. Note that a fixed-width font such as Courier should
be used when printing tabular material and preformatted manual pages.
Special Escape Sequences
imprint recognizes a number of special escape sequences. These sequences
can be embedded in a text file to change header text and switch fonts
during processing of the file. The escape sequences are compatible with
those used by the enscript program from the Adobe TranScript product. The
sequences are:
Escape Sequence Description
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Esc-D(top)(bottom) Gaudy header left box text
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Esc-HheaderText Gaudy header filename area text
Esc-UcommentText Gaudy user comment area text
Esc-Fc Font change sequence (see text2ps(1))
EXAMPLES
1. Printing a preformatted manual page to the default printer:
pcat csh.z | imprint-l
2. Printing a file to the printer 'dj' in two column, landscape mode
with a gaudy header:
imprint-d dj -2rG /etc/passwd
NOTES
1. the imprint program runs the text2ps program to perform the work for
formatting the text files and the lp program to print them. Refer to
the manual pages for these programs for detailed information on
formatting and printing issues.
2. The PostScript output produced by imprint conforms to the Adobe
PostScript Document Structuring Conventions Version 3.0 as specified
in Appendix G of the "PostScript Language Reference Manual", 2nd
edition.
3. If imprint is given an unrecognized or incomplete command line
option switch, it will print a warning message to the standard
error, ignore the option and continue processing.
4. If a file is specified on the command line, imprint will not read
its stdin for text files.
5. imprint can only process a single file when reading from standard
input.
6. Use a of proportional spaced font or dynamically changing fonts when
formatting manual pages can cause misformatting of tables.
ENVIRONMENT
If the environment variable IMPRINT is set, imprint will treat the
contents of this variable as command line options. For example, if
IMPRINT has been set to '-2rG', imprint will print in two-column, rotated
mode with a gaudy header whenever it is invoked. Options specified on the
command line override environment variable options.
FILES
/usr/sbin/imprint Program file
/usr/lib/print/text2ps Text formatting filter
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/usr/bin/lp Printing program
SEE ALSOtext2ps(1), lp(1)
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