man hpset (Commandes) - hpset

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

-c redirect output to stdout -o Ns name redirect output into the specified file or device redirect -h 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. lpi Ns num 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]

-Characterset

english ISO 4

ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6

sweden ISO 10

italian ISO 15

spain ISO 17

german ISO 21

france ISO 69

-Characterdistance

prop Proportional

fix Fixed

If you've choosen proportional you dont have to set the character density.

-Characterdensity

cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24

-Pointsize

point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24

-Typeposition

italic upright

-Linestrength

bold normal

-Type

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