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4.PRINTING FROM UNIX
Printing from an Application 131
4 PRINTING FROM UNIX
Page Layout
The booklet mode page layout can be selected using the following options.
If left2right=off then long edge binding is selected, otherwise if left2right=on then short edge binding is used.
Example: The command to select left to right page layout for booklet printing mode is
“lp -o left2right=on filename”.
Center Margin
The booklet mode center margin can be selected using the following options.
Example: The command to select the center margin value for booklet printing mode is
“lp -o centermargin=value filename”.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
left2right=off OFF Select right to left page layout for the booklet printing
mode.
This value decides the layout of the pages in the
booklet.
If this value is OFF then the layout of pages is Right to
Left as shown in the figure below.
left2right=on ON Select left to right page layout for the booklet printing
mode.
This is the default setting.
If the value is ON then the layout of the pages is from
Left to Right as shown in the figure below.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
centermargin
=value
Select the center margin value for the booklet printing
mode.
This value specifies in pixels the Center Margin or the
“Gutter”. This is in addition to the center margin already
specified by the application. The valid range for value is
0 - 300. Default is 0.