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GROLBP
!!!GROLBP
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
TYPEFACES
PAPER SIZES
CUSTOM PAPER SIZES
PAGE ORIENTATION
FONT FILE FORMAT
FILES
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


grolbp - groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).
!!SYNOPSIS


__grolpb__ [[ __-l__ ] [[ __--landscape__ ] [[
__-v__ ] [[ __--version__ ] [[ __-c__''n'' ] [[
__--copies=__''numcopies'' ] [[
__-p__''paper_size'' ] [[
__--papersize=__''paper_size'' ] [[
__-o__''orientation'' ] [[
__--orientation=__''orientation'' ] [[
__-F__''dir'' ] [[ __--fontdir=__''dir'' ] [[
__-h__ ] [[ __--help__ ] [[ ''files...''
]
!!DESCRIPTION


__grolbp__ is a driver for __groff__ that produces
output in CAPSL and VDM format suitable for Canon LBP-4 and
LBP-8 printers.


For compatibility with grolj4 there is an additional drawing
command available:


__D'R__ ''dh dv''__'__


Draw a rule (i.e. a solid black rectangle), with one corner
at the current position, and the diagonally opposite corner
at the current position +(''dh'',''dv'').
!!OPTIONS


Note that there can be whitespace between a one-letter
option and its argument; on the other hand, there must be
whitespace and/or an equal sign (`=') between a long-name
option and its argument.


__-c__''numcopies''


__--copies=__''numcopies''


Print ''numcopies'' copies of each page.


__-l__


__--landscape__


Print the document with a landscape
orientation.


__-p__''paper_size''


__--papersize=__''paper_size''


Set the paper size to ''paper_size'', which must be a
valid paper size description as indicated in the section
__PAPER SIZES__.


__-o__''orientation''


__--orientation=__''orientation''


Print the document with ''orientation'' orientation,
which must be `portrait' or `landscape'.


__-v__


__--version__


Print the version number.


__-F__''dir''


__--fontdir=__''dir''


Prepend directory ''dir''__/devlbp__ to the search
path for font and device description files.


__-h__


__--help__


Print a short help text.
!!TYPEFACES


The driver supports the Dutch, Swiss and Swiss-Narrow
scalable typefaces, each one in the Regular, Bold, Italic
and Bold-Italic styles. Additionally, the Courier and Elite
monospaced typefaces at the sizes 8 and 12 points (for
Courier) resp. 8 and 10 points (for Elite) are supported,
each one in the Regular, Bold and Italic
styles.


The following chart summarizes the font names you can use to
access these fonts:
!!PAPER SIZES


The paper size can be set in the __DESC__ file or with command line options to __grolbp__. If the paper size is specified both ways, the command line options take precedence over the contents of the __DESC__ file (this applies to the page orientation too).


To set the paper size in the __DESC__ file, insert in
that file a line containing __papersize__
''desired_papersize'', where ''desired_papersize''
is:


One of the recognized paper sizes: `a4', `letter', `legal'
or `executive'.


A custom defined paper size, as described in the __CUSTOM
PAPER SIZES__ subsection below.


The name of a file (e.g. ''/etc/papersize'') whose first
line must be the desired paper size in one of the above
formats.


If there are various papersize lines in the __DESC__
file, only the first valid one is used.


To set the paper size in the command line, add


__-p__ ''desired_papersize''


or


__--papersize=__''desired_papersize''


to the other __grolbp__ options, where
__desired_papersize__ is in the same format as in the
__DESC__ file.


Paper sizes are case insensitive (i.e., `A4' is the same as
`a4').


If no paper size is specified in the __DESC__ file or the
command line, a default size of A4 is used.
!!CUSTOM PAPER SIZES
Custom defined paper sizes are in the form
__cust__''length''__x__''width'' where
''length'' and ''width'' are the dimensions of the
paper you want to to use, specified in printer units (1/300
of an inch). For instance, to print in a postcard sized
paper which is two inches long and four inches wide you can
insert a line containing


__papersize cust600x1200__


at the beginning of the __DESC__ file.
!!PAGE ORIENTATION


As with the page size, the orientation of the printed page
(__portrait__ or __landscape__) can be set in the
__DESC__ file or with command line options. It is also
case insensitive.


To set the orientation in the __DESC__ file, insert a
line with the following content:


__orientation__
[[__portrait__|__landscape__]


As with paper sizes, only the first valid orientation
command in the __DESC__ file is used.


To set the page orientation with command line options you
can use the __-o__ or __--orientation__ option with
the same parameters (__portrait__ or __landscape__) as
in the __DESC__ file. Or you can use the __-l__ option
to force the pages to be printed in landscape.
!!FONT FILE FORMAT


In addition to the usual commands described in
groff_font(5), __grolbp__ provides the command
''lbpname'' which sets the font name sent to the printer
when requesting this font. The syntax of this command
is:


__lbpname__ ''printer_font_name''


For bitmapped fonts, ''printer_font_name'' has the
form


N''base_fontname''''font_style''


''base_fontname'' is the font name as it appears in the
printers font listings without the first letter, up to (but
not including) the font size. ''font_style'' can be one
of the letters __R__, __I__, or __B__, indicating
the font styles Roman, Italic and Bold
respectively.


For instance, if the printer's ''font listing A'' shows
font `Nelite12I.ISO_USA', the corresponding entry in the
font description file is


__lbpname NeliteI__


Note that you may need to modify __grolbp__ to add
support for new bitmapped fonts, since the available font
names and font sizes of bitmapped fonts (as documented
above) are hard-coded into the program.


For scalable fonts, ''printer_font_name'' is identical to
the font name as it appears in the printer's ''font listing
A''.


For instance, to select the `Swiss' font in bold style,
which appears in the printer's ''font listing A'' as
`Swiss-Bold', the required __lbpname__ command line
is


__lbpname Swiss-Bold__


The argument of __lbpname__ is case
sensitive.
!!FILES


__/usr/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devlbp/DESC__


Device description file.


__/usr/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devlbp/__''F''


Font description file for font ''F''.


__/usr/share/groff/1.17.2/tmac/lbp.tmac__


Macros for use with __grolbp__.
!!SEE ALSO


groff(1), troff(1), groff_out(5),
groff_font(5), __groff_char__(7)
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