7 Printing from UNIX
332 Printing from an Application
Collate
The collate option can be selected using the following options.
Example: The command to select collate off is “lp -o collate=off filename”.
Orientation
The following orientation options are available.
If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be
used.
Example: The command to specify landscape orientation is “lp -o landscape filename”.
Font Pitch
If the pitch is specified the net_estbw program will always select the Courier font; otherwise the
default font is used. The following options are used to select the font pitch.
In all the cases shown above the Courier font will also be selected. When the pitch is changed
the font size will automatically be scaled to the appropriate size.
If this option is not specified, the default pitch and font will be used.
Example: The command to specify 8 characters per inch is “lp -o pitch=8 filename”.
Page Length
The number of lines to print on a page can be specified with the following option.
Option Value
Alternate
Value
Description
collate=off OFF Cancel the collate printing mode.
collate=on ON Set the collate printing mode.
Option Value
Alternate
Value
Description
portrait Print the document in portrait orientation.
landscape Print the document in landscape orientation.
Option Value
Alternate
Value
Description
c pitch=16.67 Set the character pitch to 16.67 characters per inch.
10 pitch=10 Set the character pitch to 10 characters per inch.
12 pitch=12 Set the character pitch to 12 characters per inch.
pitch=value Set the character pitch to value characters per inch.
Option Value
Alternate
Value
Description
pl=value Set the lines per page to value.
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