123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206 |
- .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
- .TH POSTDMD 1
- .SH NAME
- .B postdmd
- \- PostScript translator for
- .SM DMD
- bitmap files
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \*(mBpostdmd\f1
- .OP "" options []
- .OP "" files []
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .B postdmd
- translates
- .SM DMD
- bitmap
- .IR files ,
- as produced by
- .BR dmdps ,
- or
- .I files
- written in the Ninth Edition
- .BR bitfile (9.5)
- format
- into PostScript and writes the results on the
- standard output.
- If no
- .I files
- are specified, or if
- .OP \-
- is one of the input
- .IR files ,
- the standard input is read.
- The following
- .I options
- are understood:
- .TP 0.75i
- .OP \-b num
- Pack the bitmap in the output file using
- .I num
- byte patterns.
- A value of 0 turns off all packing of the output file.
- By default
- .I num
- is 6.
- .TP
- .OP \-c num
- Print
- .I num
- copies of each page.
- By default only one copy is printed.
- .TP
- .OP \-f
- Flip the sense of the bits in
- .I files
- before printing the bitmaps.
- .TP
- .OP \-m num
- Magnify each logical page by the factor
- .IR num .
- Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
- which by default is located at the center of
- each page.
- The default magnification is 1.0.
- .TP
- .OP \-n num
- Print
- .I num
- logical pages on each piece of paper,
- where
- .I num
- can be any positive integer.
- By default
- .I num
- is set to 1.
- .TP
- .OP \-o list
- Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
- .IR list .
- The list contains single numbers
- .I N
- and ranges
- .IR N1\-\|N2 .
- A missing
- .I N1
- means the lowest numbered page, a missing
- .I N2
- means the highest.
- .TP
- .OP \-p mode
- Print
- .I files
- in either \*(mBportrait\fP or \*(mBlandscape\fP
- .IR mode .
- Only the first character of
- .I mode
- is significant.
- The default
- .I mode
- is \*(mBportrait\fP.
- .TP
- .OP \-u
- Disables much of the unpacking for Eighth
- Edition bitmap files.
- Usually results in smaller output files that take longer to print.
- Not a recommended option.
- .TP
- .OP \-x num
- Translate the origin
- .I num
- inches along the positive x axis.
- The default
- coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
- center of the page, with positive
- x to the right and positive y up the page.
- Positive
- .I num
- moves everything right.
- The default offset is 0 inches.
- .TP
- .OP \-y num
- Translate the origin
- .I num
- inches along the positive y axis.
- Positive
- .I num
- moves everything up the page.
- The default offset is 0.
- .TP
- .TP
- .OP \-L file
- Use
- .I file
- as the PostScript prologue.
- .br
- The default is
- .MR \*(dQ/postdmd.ps .
- .PP
- Three options allow insertion of arbitrary PostScript
- at controlled points in the translation process:
- .TP 0.75i
- .OP \-C file
- Copy
- .I file
- to the output file;
- .I file
- must contain legitimate PostScript.
- .TP
- .OP \-P string
- Include
- .I string
- in the output file;
- .I string
- must be legitimate PostScript.
- .TP
- .OP \-R action
- Requests special
- .I action
- (e.g.,
- .MR manualfeed )
- on a per page or global basis.
- The
- .I action
- string can be given as
- .IR request,
- .IM request : page\f1\|,
- or
- .IM request : page : file\f1\|.
- If
- .I page
- is omitted or given as 0, the request applies to all pages.
- If
- .I file
- is omitted, the request lookup is done in
- .MR \*(dQ/ps.requests .
- .PP
- Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page, and each of the input
- .I files
- must contain complete descriptions of at least one bitmap.
- Decreasing the pattern size using the
- .OP \-b
- option may help throughput on printers with fast processors
- (e.g., \s-1PS\s+1-810),
- while increasing the pattern size will often be the right move
- on older models
- (.e.g, \s-1PS\s+1-800).
- .SH DIAGNOSTICS
- A 0 exit status is returned if
- .I files
- were successfully processed.
- .br
- .ne 4v
- .SH FILES
- .MW \*(dQ/postdmd.ps
- .br
- .MW \*(dQ/forms.ps
- .br
- .MW \*(dQ/ps.requests
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .BR dpost (1),
- .BR postdaisy (1),
- .BR postio (1),
- .BR postmd (1),
- .BR postprint (1),
- .BR postreverse (1),
- .BR posttek (1)
|