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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

     -oname  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.

     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]

   -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