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User Commands                                          postdmd(1)



NAME
     postdmd - PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files

SYNOPSIS
     postdmd [-b num] [-c num] [-f] [-m num] [-n num] [-o list]
          [-p mode] [-x num] [-y num] [file]...


     /usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdmd


DESCRIPTION
     postdmd translates DMD bitmap files, as produced  by  dmdps,
     or  files  written  in the Ninth Edition bitfile(9.5) format
     into PostScript and writes the results on the standard  out-
     put.  If no files are specified, or if - is one of the input
     files, the standard input is read.

OPTIONS
     -b num     Pack the bitmap in the output file using num byte
                patterns.  A value of  0 turns off all packing of
                the output file. By default, num is  6.


     -c num     Print num copies of each page.  By  default  only
                one copy is printed.


     -f         Flip the sense of the bits in files before print-
                ing the bitmaps.


     -m num     Magnify each logical  page  by  the  factor  num.
                Pages  are  scaled  uniformly  about  the origin,
                which by default is located at the center of each
                page. The default magnification is  1.0.


     -n num     Print num logical pages on each piece  of  paper,
                where num can be any positive integer. By default
                num is set to  1.


     -o list    Print  pages  whose  numbers  are  given  in  the
                comma-separated  list.  The  list contains single
                numbers N and ranges N1 - N2. A missing N1  means
                the  lowest numbered page, a missing N2 means the
                highest. The page range is an expression of logi-
                cal  pages  rather than physical sheets of paper.
                For example, if  you  are  printing  two  logical
                pages to a sheet, and you specified a range of 4,
                then two sheets of paper would print,  containing



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                four  page layouts. If you specified a page range
                of 3-4, when requesting two logical  pages  to  a
                sheet;  then only page 3 and page 4 layouts would
                print, and they  would  appear  on  one  physical
                sheet of paper.


     -p mode    Print files in either portrait or landscape mode.
                Only  the first character of mode is significant.
                The default mode is portrait.


     -x num     Translate the origin num inches along  the  posi-
                tive  x  axis.  The default coordinate system has
                the origin fixed at the center of the page,  with
                positive  x  to  the  right and positive y up the
                page. Positive num moves  everything  right.  The
                default offset is  0 inches.


     -y num     Translate the origin num inches along  the  posi-
                tive y axis. Positive num moves everything up the
                page. The default offset is  0.



     Only one bitmap is printed on each logical page, and each of
     the  input  files  must  contain complete descriptions of at
     least one bitmap. Decreasing the pattern size using  the  -b
     option  may help throughput on printers with fast processors
     (such as PS-810s), while increasing the  pattern  size  will
     often be the right move on older models (such as PS-800s).

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0           Successful completion.


     non-zero    An error occurred.


FILES
     /usr/lib/lp/postscript/forms.ps




     /usr/lib/lp/postscript/ps.requests






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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |           ATTRIBUTE VALUE           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________________|
    | Availability                | print/lp/filter/postscript-lp-filter|
    |_____________________________|_____________________________________|


SEE ALSO
     download(1), dpost(1), postdaisy(1),  postio(1),  postmd(1),
     postprint(1), postreverse(1), posttek(1), attributes(5)







































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