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4 PRINTING FROM UNIX
132 Printing from an Application
Outer Margin
The booklet mode outer margin can be selected using the following options.
Example: The command to select the outer margin value for booklet printing mode is
“lp -o outermargin=value filename”.
Collate
The collate option can be selected using the following options.
If this option is not specified, the default value of “collate=on” will be used.
Example: The command to select collate off is “lp -o collate=off filename”.
Orientation
The following orientation options are available.
If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be used.
Example: The command to specify landscape orientation is “lp -o landscape filename”.
Font Pitch
If the pitch is specified the net_estcolor program will always select the Courier font; otherwise the default font is used. The
following options are used to select the font pitch.
In all the cases shown above the Courier font will also be selected. When the pitch is changed the font size will
automatically be scaled to the appropriate size.
If this option is not specified, the default pitch and font will be used.
Example: The command to specify 8 characters per inch is “lp -o pitch=8 filename”.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
outermargin
=value
Select the outer margin value for the booklet printing
mode.
This value specifies in pixels the Outer Margin or the
“Creep” per page, which should take place while
printing a booklet. The valid range for value is 0 - 600.
Default is 0.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
collate=off OFF Cancel the collate printing mode.
collate=on ON Set the collate printing mode.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
portrait Print the document in portrait orientation.
landscape Print the document in landscape orientation.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
c pitch=16.67 Set the character pitch to 16.67 characters per inch.
10 pitch=10 Set the character pitch to 10 characters per inch.
12 pitch=12 Set the character pitch to 12 characters per inch.
pitch=value Set the character pitch to value characters per inch.