NAME¶
ps2fax - image POSTSCRIPT® for facsimile transmission by
HylaFAX
SYNOPSIS¶
/var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax [
options ] [
files... ]
DESCRIPTION¶
ps2fax takes POSTSCRIPT input and generates a
TIFF Class F
image file suitable for facsimile transmission. It is usually invoked by the
HylaFAX scheduler process,
faxq(8). On Silicon Graphics'
IRIX systems, this application is based on Adobe's Display
POSTSCRIPT software. On other machines POSTSCRIPT imaging is typically done
using the freely available
Ghostscript software.
ps2fax is actually a link (symbolic or otherwise) to the script
appropriate for the POSTSCRIPT imaging tool. The link is setup when the
faxsetup(8) script is run to configure a
HylaFAX server machine
for use.
Input files containing POSTSCRIPT may be specified on the command line. If none
are given, then
ps2fax will read from standard input.
By default,
ps2fax will generate a 98 line/inch output document whose
page width is 1728 pixels and page length is 297 mm (a standard A4 page at low
resolution). Horizontal resolution is always 204 dpi. Command line options may
be used to select alternate vertical resolution and page dimensions.
If no filename is given,
ps2fax writes its output to a file named
ps.fax; the
-o option can be used to specify an alternate
filename.
By default, output is compressed using the standard Group 3 1D-encoding scheme,
with
EOL codes padded to byte boundaries. If the
-2
option is specified, output is encoded with the optional Group 3 2D-encoding
scheme (
EOL codes are still padded to byte boundaries).
This script can modify outgoing facsimile, such as watermarking, To do this
create a shell script
etc/FaxModify in the spooling area that alters
the document.
Note that
bin/ps2fax is usually just a link to a shell script that
invokes the appropriate POSTSCRIPT
RIP to do the work.
OPTIONS¶
The following operations are recognized:
- -1
- Write Group 3 1D-encoded data to the output file.
- -2
- Write Group 3 2D-encoded data to the output file.
- -3
- Write Group 4 MMR-encoded data to the output file.
- -m pages
- Set the maximum number of pages that are permitted in the output file. If
more pages are present in the input document then abort processing.
- -o file
- Write output to the specified file instead of the default
ps.fax filename.
- -w width
- Set the output page width, in pixels. By default, pages are 1728
pixels wide.
- -l length
- Set the output page length in millimeters. By default, pages are
297 millimeters long.
- -r vres
- Set the vertical resolution, in lines/inch, at which to image the
POSTSCRIPT.
RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT¶
Before user-supplied POSTSCRIPT is passed to the POSTSCRIPT interpreter, a
limited number of operators are defined. These operators are operators
commonly found in a LaserWriter printer and (sometimes) generated by
Macintosh-based applications.
The default Display POSTSCRIPT-based execution environment includes support for
the following fonts:
AvantGarde-Book Helvetica-Bold Palatino-BoldItalic
AvantGarde-BookOblique Helvetica-BoldOblique Palatino-Italic
AvantGarde-Demi Helvetica-Narrow Palatino-Roman
AvantGarde-DemiOblique Helvetica-Narrow-Bold StoneSerif
Bookman-Demi Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique Symbol
Bookman-DemiItalic Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique Tekton
Bookman-Light Helvetica-Oblique Times-Bold
Bookman-LightItalic Lithos-Bold Times-BoldItalic
Courier NewCenturySchlbk-Bold Times-Italic
Courier-Bold NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic Times-Roman
Courier-BoldOblique NewCenturySchlbk-Italic ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
Courier-Oblique NewCenturySchlbk-Roman ZapfDingbats
Helvetica Palatino-Bold
Note that this is the same set of fonts supported by the
DPS
extension to the X server.
The default Ghostscript-based environment is more uncertain; consult the
Ghostscript documentation for information on what fonts are available.
FILES¶
/var/spool/hylafax/etc/dpsprinter.ps POSTSCRIPT code read at startup for DPS
/usr/lib/DPS/default.dps_vm startup VM file for DPS
/usr/lib/DPS/outline Type 1 fonts for DPS
/usr/lib/DPS/prebuilt prebuilt versions of fonts for DPS
BUGS¶
Output from the Display POSTSCRIPT version of this command is encoded according
to the Display POSTSCRIPT binary encoding protocol.
No prebuilt bitmap fonts are currently available for the
DPS-based imager; this would greatly improve legibility at low
resolutions, as the rendering of outline fonts at 98 lpi is particularly poor.
Both
DPS- and Ghostscript-based versions of this program fail to
exit with non-zero status when an invalid POSTSCRIPT document is processed;
this makes it problematic for the
HylaFAX queue manager to determine
when a problem arises when preparing a job for transmission.
SEE ALSO¶
sendfax(1),
faxq(8),
hylafax-server(5)