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.Dd April 27, 1997
.Dt HPSET(1)
.Os LINUX
.Sh NAME
.Nm hpset
.Nd printer commands
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm hpset
.Op Fl hco
.Op Ar commands ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm hpset
is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC
Codes based on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.
.Pp
.Sh Options
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl c
redirect output to stdout
.It Fl o Ns Ar name
redirect output into the specified file or device
redirect
.It Fl h
prints a help message
.El
.Sh Commands
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It back
Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.
.It test
Starts the self test.
.It out
If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.
.It cr
activates the linefeed
.It lbon
acivates the linebreak.
.It leftright
forces the printer to print only from left to right.
.It rightleft
forces the printer to print only from right to left.
.It bidirect
forces the printer in both ways.
.It execoff
The following commands are not executed but printed.
.It execon
The following commands are executed.
.It nice
High quality printing.
.It econo
Enables fast and economic printing.
.It landscape
Printing in landscape format.
.It portrait
Printing in portrait format.
.It lpi Ns Ar num
Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.
.El
.Pp
The following commands must be sent in the given order and sequence. The
sequence looks like,
.Bd -literal -offset indent
hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
[point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl Characterset
english ISO 4
ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6
sweden ISO 10
italian ISO 15
spain ISO 17
german ISO 21
france ISO 69
.It Fl Characterdistance
prop Proportional
fix Fixed
.El
.Pp
If you've chosen proportional you don't have to set the character density.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl Characterdensity
cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24
.It Fl Pointsize
point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24
.It Fl Typeposition
italic
upright
.It Fl Linestrength
bold
normal
.It Fl Type
courier
times
gothic
univers
.El
Notice that not every combination of the commands above is possible. Refer
to the manual of HPSET where you can find a table with allowed combinations.
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr lpr 1 ,
.Xr lpd 1 ,
.Sh BUGS
report them to michael.janson@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
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