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m2ps(1)								       m2ps(1)

NAME
       m2ps - Converts text in Mule internal code to PostScript format

SYNOPSIS
       m2ps [options] <infile> outfile

OPTIONS
       Uses  the specified file as a header for PostScript output. The default
       header file is /usr/i18n/mule/lib/mule/$VERSION/etc/m2ps.ps.  Specifies
       the resolution of the output device.  The default value is 300.	Speci‐
       fies FontScale in points. The default value is 10.  Specifies LinePitch
       in  points.  The default value is 14.  Specifies the number of lines on
       a page.	The default value is 56.  Specifies TopMargin in points.   The
       default	value  is  800.	  Specifies LeftMargin in points.  The default
       value is 30.  Indicates that your PostScript printer has	 limited  mem‐
       ory.   Indicates that your PostScript printer has a large memory.  This
       is the default.	Indicates A4 paper size.  This is the default.	 Indi‐
       cates US-LETTER paper size.  Shows the version number of m2ps software.
       Uses the specified font server. Refer to the xfs(1X) referent page  for
       information  about  font	 servers.  Uses the specified path to find the
       bdf.tbl file that maps leading codes to	their  associated  fonts.  The
       default path is /usr/i18n/mule/lib/mule/$VERSION/etc/bdf.tbl.

OPERANDS
       Specifies  the file containing text in mule *internal* code.  Specifies
       the file containing the output PostScript program.

DESCRIPTION
       The m2ps command converts text encoded in Mule  internal	 code  (called
       *internal*)  to	a PostScript file that can be printed.	To handle text
       not coded in *internal* code, you first have to	convert	 the  code  to
       *internal*.   You can use the coco command to perform this code conver‐
       sion.  Alternatively, you can run the any2ps program to	do  both  jobs
       (convert the code to *internal* and also generate the PostScript file).

       Our  implementation  of	the m2ps command is derived from software sup‐
       plied by the Free Software  Foundation.	However,  the  original	 code,
       written	by Ken'ichi Handa of the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan,
       uses BDF files that are available for public domain  fonts.  BDF	 files
       are  not	 available  for	 fonts	supplied  with the Tru64 UNIX product.
       Therefore, our implementation of m2ps uses the  X  font	server,	 along
       with a table (bdf.tbl), to obtain printing information.

       Each line of the bdf.tbl file maps a leading code value to a font name.
       A line contains 2 columns, separated by a colon (:),  for  the  leading
       code  value and font name, respectively. You can modify the file if you
       want m2ps to use different fonts for one or more of the leading codes.

FILES
       PostScript header file Sample PostScript file  created  by  m2ps.   The
       original	 file  is  in mule's documentation directory.  Table that maps
       leading codes to font names.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: any2ps(1), coco(1), mule(1), xfs(1X)

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