NAME

     hpset — printer commands

SYNOPSIS

     hpset [-hco] [commands ...]

DESCRIPTION

     hpset is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based
     on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.

Options

     -c      redirect output to stdout

     -oname  redirect output into the specified file or device redirect

     -h      prints a help message

Commands

     back    Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.

     test    Starts the self test.

     out     If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.

     cr      activates the linefeed

     lbon    acivates the linebreak.

     leftright
             forces the printer to print only from left to right.

     rightleft
             forces the printer to print only from right to left.

     bidirect
             forces the printer in both ways.

     execoff
             The following commands are not executed but printed.

     execon  The following commands are executed.

     nice    High quality printing.

     econo   Enables fast and economic printing.

     landscape
             Printing in landscape format.

     portrait
             Printing in portrait format.

     lpinum  Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.

     The following commands must be sent in the given order and sequence. The sequence looks
     like,

           hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
           [point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]

           -Characterset

                   english         ISO 4

                   ansi            ANSI ASCII ISO 6

                   sweden          ISO 10

                   italian         ISO 15

                   spain           ISO 17

                   german          ISO 21

                   france          ISO 69

           -Characterdistance

                   prop    Proportional

                   fix     Fixed

           If you've chosen proportional you don't have to set the character density.

           -Characterdensity

                   cpi#    # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24

           -Pointsize

                   point#  # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24

           -Typeposition

                   italic
                   upright

           -Linestrength

                   bold
                   normal

           -Type
                   courier
                   times
                   gothic
                   univers

           Notice that not every combination of the commands above is possible. Refer
           to the manual of HPSET where you can find a table with allowed combinations.

SEE ALSO

     lpr(1), lpd(1),

BUGS

     report them to michael.janson@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de