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author | Fritz Elfert <felfert@to.com> | 2002-07-11 17:37:54 +0000 |
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committer | Fritz Elfert <felfert@to.com> | 2002-07-11 17:37:54 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/plpprintd.man.in b/doc/plpprintd.man.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fc2d27 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plpprintd.man.in @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" Manual page for plpprintd +.\" $Id$ +.\" CHECKIN $Date$ +.\" +.\" Process this file with +.\" groff -man -Tascii plpprintd.1 for ASCII output, or +.\" groff -man -Tps plpprintd.1 for PostScript output +.\" +.TH plpprintd 8 "@MANDATE@" "plptools @VERSION@" local +.SH NAME +plpprintd \- Daemon for printing via PC from a Psion. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B plpprintd +.B [-d] +.B [-h] +.B [-v] +.B [-V] +.BI [-s " spooldir" ] +.BI [-c " printcmd" ] +.BI "[-p [" host :] port ] +.BI [ long-options ] + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +plpprintd provides a print server for a Psion, connected to the PC. +Using plpprintd, you can use the Psion's "Print via PC" feature to +access any printer, available on your PC. When receiving a print job, +the data is converted to PostScript® + +.SH OPTIONS + +.TP +.B \-d, --debug +Enable additional debug messages and stay in foreground (do not fork). +.TP +.B \-h, --help +Display a short help text and exit. +.TP +.B \-v, --verbose +Increase verbosity +.TP +.B \-V, --version +Display the version and exit +.TP +.BI "\-s, --spooldir=" dir +Specify a directory to use for temporary spool files. If this option is +missing, a builtin default +.I /var/spool/plpprint +is used. +.TP +.BI "\-c, --printcmd=" cmd +Specify a command for actually sending a print job to the printer. The +specified command must receive the data from its standard input. If this +option is missing, a builtin default +.I lpr \-Ppsion +is used. +.TP +.BI "\-p, --port=[" host :] port +Specify the host and port to connect to (e.g. The port where ncpd is +listening on) - by default the host is 127.0.0.1 and the port is looked up +in /etc/services. If it is not found there, a builtin value of @DPORT@ is used. +.TP + +.SH FILES +.TP +@PKGDATA@/prolog.ps +contains the PostScript® dictionary, needed for printing the jobs. +.TP +@PKGDATA@/fontmap +specifies the font mapping to be used. This file is used to convert the +Psion's font names into valid PostScript® font names. It's format is +described at the beginning of it. If a Psion font name is received which +can not be found in this file, a builtin default Courier is used. + +.SH BUGS +Using patterns in diagrams gives ugly results. + +.SH SEE ALSO +ncpd(8), plpnfsd(8), plpprintd(8), plpftp(1) and sisinstall(1) + +.SH AUTHOR +Fritz Elfert + |