vpr, vprm, vpq, vprint \- raster printer/plotter spooler
to be queued for printing or typeset simulation on one of the available
If no files are named, the standard input is read.
By default the input is assumed to be line printer-like text.
For very wide plotters, the input is run through the filter
which arranges it four pages adjacent with 90 column lines (the rest is for the
left margin). Since there are 8 lines per inch in the default printer font,
thus produces 86 lines per page (the top and bottom lines are left blank).
The following options are available:
Print the input in a more literal manner.
Page breaks are not inserted, and most
control characters (except format effectors: \\n, \\f, etc.)
(many control characters print
special graphics not in the ASCII character set.)
Tab and underline processing is still done.
If this option is not given,
control characters which are not format effectors are ignored,
and page breaks are inserted after an appropriate number of lines
have been printed on a page.
Queues files for printing on a wide output device, if available.
Normally, files are queued for printing on a narrow output device.
Specifies a font to be mounted on font position \fIi\fR. The daemon
will construct a \fI.railmag\fR file referencing
\fI/usr/lib/vfont/name.size\fR.
when printing is complete.
(Applicable only to wide output devices.)
Do not run the input through
Such processing has been done already, or full (440 character) printer
to convert the vectors to raster. The named files must be a parameter and
vector file (in that order) created by
to typeset the input on the printer/plotter.
The input must have been generated by
This is not normally run directly
to wide output devices, since it is wasteful to run only one page across.
is normally used and arranges,
for printing to occur four pages across, conserving paper.
removes entries from the raster device queues.
The id, filename or owner should be that reported by
All appropriate files will be removed.
Both queues are always searched.
The id of each file removed from the queue will be printed.
Each entry in the queue is printed showing the owner of the queue entry,
an identification number,
the size of the entry in characters,
and the file which is to be printed.
is useful for removing a specific entry from the printer queue using
a copy of each named file on one of the electrostatic printer/plotters.
The files are normally printed on a narrow device;
option causes them to be printed on a wide device.
/usr/spool/v?d/* device spool areas
/usr/lib/vpd Versatec daemon
/usr/lib/vpf filter for printer simulation
/usr/lib/*vcat filter for typeset simulation
/usr/lib/vrast filter for plot
/usr/lib/sidebyside filter for wide output
troff(1), vfont(5), vp(4), pti(1),
The 1's (one's) and l's (lower-case el's) in a Benson-Varian's
standard character set look very similar; caution is advised.
A versatec's hardware character set is rather ugly.
should use one of the constant width fonts to produce prettier listings.