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.th COLLPR VI 8/24/77
.sh NAME
collpr \- simulate model 37 tty on the line printer
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd collpr
[
.bd \-
] [
file ...
]
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Collpr
simulates a model 37 teletype for doing
.it nroff
output on the line printer.
Pages are buffered and reverse line-feed and half-line feed sequences
are interpreted.
.s3
Half-line up material is overstruck on the previous line, half-line
down material is struck on the current line.
In general, though, overstruck characters are lost, except for
underlining.
Combinations of `\-' or `_' and `|' are turned into `+', i.e. at the
corner of boxes.
.s3
The optional argument
.bd \-
causes the output to be sent to the standard
output.
By default it is sent to an instance of the line printer daemon,
.it lpr
(I).
.s3
A typical usage of
.it collpr
would be
.s3
.dt
	tbl exum2.n | nroff \-ms | collpr
.s3
to
.it nroff
the document in the file
.it exum2.n
and send it to the line printer with a approximation of the tables
printing there.
.sh SEE\ ALSO
lpr (I), nroff (I), troff (I), col (VI), colcrt (VI)
.sh AUTHOR
William Joy
.sh BUGS
Output can't be backed up more than 102 lines.
.s3
Overstriking is lost.
.s3
Lines are trimmed to 132 characters.
.s3
Superscripts of the first output line are lost.
.s3
If more than one file is specified, the program does not pad
the files out with a form feed as
.it lpr
would do.
.s3
Should move subscripts down a line rather than printing them
on the same line as the normal material.
Commit	Line	Data
4b69ee95 BJ	1	.th COLLPR VI 8/24/77
	2	.sh NAME
	3	collpr \- simulate model 37 tty on the line printer
	4	.sh SYNOPSIS
	5	.bd collpr
	6	[
	7	.bd \-
	8	] [
	9	file ...
	10	]
	11	.sh DESCRIPTION
	12	.it Collpr
	13	simulates a model 37 teletype for doing
	14	.it nroff
	15	output on the line printer.
	16	Pages are buffered and reverse line-feed and half-line feed sequences
	17	are interpreted.
	18	.s3
	19	Half-line up material is overstruck on the previous line, half-line
	20	down material is struck on the current line.
	21	In general, though, overstruck characters are lost, except for
	22	underlining.
	23	Combinations of `\-' or `_' and `\|' are turned into `+', i.e. at the
	24	corner of boxes.
	25	.s3
	26	The optional argument
	27	.bd \-
	28	causes the output to be sent to the standard
	29	output.
	30	By default it is sent to an instance of the line printer daemon,
	31	.it lpr
	32	(I).
	33	.s3
	34	A typical usage of
	35	.it collpr
	36	would be
	37	.s3
	38	.dt
	39	tbl exum2.n \| nroff \-ms \| collpr
	40	.s3
	41	to
	42	.it nroff
	43	the document in the file
	44	.it exum2.n
	45	and send it to the line printer with a approximation of the tables
	46	printing there.
	47	.sh SEE\ ALSO
	48	lpr (I), nroff (I), troff (I), col (VI), colcrt (VI)
	49	.sh AUTHOR
	50	William Joy
	51	.sh BUGS
	52	Output can't be backed up more than 102 lines.
	53	.s3
	54	Overstriking is lost.
	55	.s3
	56	Lines are trimmed to 132 characters.
	57	.s3
	58	Superscripts of the first output line are lost.
	59	.s3
	60	If more than one file is specified, the program does not pad
	61	the files out with a form feed as
	62	.it lpr
	63	would do.
	64	.s3
65	Should move subscripts down a line rather than printing them
66	on the same line as the normal material.