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HPSET(1) LOCAL HPSET(1)

NAME

hpset — printer commands

SYNOPSIS

hpset [-hco] [commands ...]

DESCRIPTION

hpset is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.

Options

redirect output to stdout
name
redirect output into the specified file or device redirect
prints a help message

Commands

back
Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.
test
Starts the self test.
out
If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.
cr
activates the linefeed
lbon
acivates the linebreak.
leftright
forces the printer to print only from left to right.
rightleft
forces the printer to print only from right to left.
bidirect
forces the printer in both ways.
execoff
The following commands are not executed but printed.
execon
The following commands are executed.
nice
High quality printing.
econo
Enables fast and economic printing.
landscape
Printing in landscape format.
portrait
Printing in portrait format.
lpinum
Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.

The following commands must be sent in the given order and sequence. The sequence looks like,

hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
[point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]
english ISO 4 ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6 sweden ISO 10 italian ISO 15 spain ISO 17 german ISO 21 france ISO 69
prop Proportional fix Fixed
If you've chosen proportional you don't have to set the character density.
cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24
point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24
italic upright
bold normal
courier times gothic univers
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.

SEE ALSO

lpr(1), lpd(1),

BUGS

report them to michael.janson@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de

April 27, 1997 LINUX