Line printer file to PostScript converter [03-Jul-85] [12-Nov-85] [07-Apr-86] [03-May-88] lptops converts normal text files into PostScript for printing on the Apple LaserWriter, or any other PostScript-compatible printing device. It supports selection of a variety of fonts at arbitrary point sizes, margin specification, portrait and landscape page orientation, automatic page numbering, page outlining, and multi-column printing. It can also handle overstruck text used by many document formatters for underlining. Usage: lptops [switches] outfile lptops [switches] filelist >outfile In the switch descriptions below, physical dimensions described as # may be specified as a single number with an optional fractional part, and a required two-letter unit designator. Letter case is ignored. Possible forms are: #.##bp big point (1in = 72bp) [Courier: 120.000/Pbp cpi] #.##cc cicero (1cc = 12dd) [Courier: 9.381/Pcc cpi] #.##cm centimeter [Courier: 4.233/Pcm cpi] #.##dd didot point (1157dd = 1238pt)[Courier: 112.569/Pdd cpi] #.##in inch [Courier: 1.667/Pin cpi] #.##mm millimeter (10mm = 1cm) [Courier: 42.333/Pmm cpi] #.##pc pica (1pc = 12pt) [Courier: 10.038/Ppc cpi] #.##pt point (72.27pt = 1in) [Courier: 120.450/Ppt cpi] #.##sp scaled point (65536sp = 1pt) [Courier: 7.893/(Psp/1000000) cpi] The bracketed values give the number of characters per inch (cpi) for a point size of P units with the fixed-width Courier font. For example, with point size 8bp, there are 120/8 = 15 characters per inch. With point size 1000000sp, there are 7.893 characters/inch. The optional switches are (letter case is ignored): -A Turn Scribe-like bold and italic requests (@b[...] and @i[...]) into bold or italic text. -B# Bottom margin of #. -Cn Print n copies of each page. -Ffontname PostScript fontname. Possible values with acceptable short abbreviations (formed from the upper-case letters in the font names) are as follows. The first 13 are available on all PostScript printers; the remainder are available only on enhanced printers, such as the Apple LaserWriter Plus. ==================== ===== ====== ========== full name short ditroff TranScript ==================== ===== ====== ========== Courier C C C Courier-Bold CB CB CB Courier-BoldOblique CBO CD CD Courier-Oblique CO CO CO Helvetica H he he Helvetica-Bold HB He He Helvetica-BoldOblique HBO HE HE Helvetica-Oblique HO hE hE Symbol S S S Times-Bold TB R ti Times-BoldItalic TBI BI TI Times-Italic TI I tI Times-Roman T R ti AvantGarde-Book AGB ag ag AvantGarde-BookOblique AGBO aG aG AvantGarde-Demi AGD Ag Ag AvantGarde-DemiOblique AGDO AG AG Bookman-Demi BD Bo Bo Bookman-DemiItalic BDI BO BO Bookman-Light BL bo bo Bookman-LightItalic BLI bO bO Helvetica-Narrow HN hn hn Helvetica-Narrow-Bold HNB Hn Hn Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique HNBO HN HN Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique HNO hN hN NewCenturySchlbk-Bold NCSB Nc Nc NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic NCSBI NC NC NewCenturySchlbk-Italic NCSI nC nC NewCenturySchlbk-Roman NCSR nc nc Palatino-Bold PB Pa Pa Palatino-BoldItalic PBI PA PA Palatino-Italic PI pA pA Palatino-Roman PR pa pa ZapfChancery-MediumItalic ZCMI ZC ZC ZapfDingbats ZD ZD ZD ==================== ===== ====== ========== The ditroff and TranScript abbreviations are the same, except for the Courier and Times fonts. They are based on two-letter mnemonics, where upper-case in the first letter means bold, and upper-case in the second letter means italic. Only the Courier fonts are fixed-width like typewriter and line printer fonts are. The others are proportional spaced for improved readability, and consequently, tabular material will not line up properly with them. The Courier fonts have a width equal to 0.6 of their point size, so to fill a line W inches wide with up to N characters, one must have point size <= (W/(0.6 * N * 72)) = (W*120)/N pt. Equivalently, with a point size P pt, the output spacing is 120/P char/inch. -H Horizontal page orientation (landscape mode) instead of vertical page (portrait mode). -I# Top margin of # for initial page (for letterheads); if not specified, it will default to the value given for the top margin by default or by the -T# command. -L# Left margin of #. -Mn Multiple column output (n columns). In multiple column mode, formfeeds cause column breaks instead of page breaks. -N[tb][lcr]n Number output pages. The number is placed by default in the center of the top margin, but the margin can be selected explicitly by t (top) or b (bottom), and the position of the page number can be further specified by l (left), c (center), or r (right). If n is given, start numbering with that value, and otherwise with 1. If an initial top margin value is given with the -I# option, numbering will be omitted on the first page if it is at the top. Pages are unnumbered if this option is not specified. -O[#] Outline pages (and columns) with a # units wide. A narrow line of 0.4pt width is assumed if # is omitted; this particular width is what TeX uses in typesetting. -P# Font point size (default 10bp). The baseline skip (spacing between successive character baselines) is conventionally chosen to be 6/5 of this value, so that with 10bp type, we have 12bp between lines, or 6 lines/inch, the same as standard printer output. -R# Right margin of #. -S[n] special handling (i.e. manual paper feed) for the first n pages of the output. If N multiple copies are in effect, then N*n sheets must be fed manually. If n is omitted, then all pages are to be fed manually. For example, -S1 is convenient to get the first page of a letter on letterhead paper fed manually, with remaining pages from the paper cassette. -T# Top margin of #. -U Output pages in unsorted (first to last) order instead of in sorted (page reversed) order; some PostScript printers have page handlers that stack the paper in this order. The default is sorted because this is appropriate for the most common PostScript printer, the Apple LaserWriter. Defaults are: -B1.0in -C1 -FCourier -L1.0in -M1 -P10bp -R1.0in -S0 -T1.0in