postdmd(1) User Commands postdmd(1)NAMEpostdmd - PostScript translator for DMD bitmap files
SYNOPSISpostdmd [-b num] [-c num] [-f] [-m num] [-n num] [-o list]
[-p mode] [-x num] [-y num] [file]...
/usr/lib/lp/postscript/postdmd
DESCRIPTIONpostdmd 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 output. 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 printing the bit‐
maps.
-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 magnifica‐
tion 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 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 positive x axis.
The default coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
center of the page, with positive x to the right and posi‐
tive y up the page. Positive num moves everything right. The
default offset is 0 inches.
-y num Translate the origin num inches along the positive y axis.
Positive num moves everything up the page. The default off‐
set 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
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │print/lp/filter/postscript-lp-filter │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOdownload(1), dpost(1), postdaisy(1), postio(1), postmd(1), post‐
print(1), postreverse(1), posttek(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 9 Sep 1996 postdmd(1)
