la88of(8)la88of(8)NAMEla88of - Filter for the Japanese LA88 printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/la88of [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] [-l length] [-L locale] [-n
login] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the amount of indentation. The
default is no (no indentation). Specifies the host name of the job
owner. This name can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the page
length in lines. The default value is 66. Specifies the printer code‐
set. This value must be a valid locale name. The default value is
ja_JP.deckanji. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name
can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the page width in columns.
The default value is 132.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The la88of filter is used to filter text data for the LA88-J printer.
The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and performs
accounting functions. At print job completion times, accounting records
are written to the file specified by the af field in the /etc/printcap
file.
The filter can handle plain text files and files that have been prepro‐
cessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain non-ASCII characters.
The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining, super‐
scripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for the
LA88 printer.
The la88of filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if
fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more information on these fields,
see printcap(4).
The LA88-J printer can be configured to use the software on-demand
loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs).
The i18n_printing(5) reference page describes the SoftODL mechanism.
To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys field in /etc/printcap to 256.
You can also set the default SoftODL database, style, and size by using
the odldb and odlstyle options in the ya field. If you specify a value
for the yt field, use fifo. Refer to printcap(4) for more information
on these fields and associated options.
NOTES
The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments
to enable localization features supported by various printers. The fol‐
lowing can be used with the la88of print filter: To specify the SoftODL
database path To specify SoftODL font style and size
For a complete description of the -A option and its arguments, refer to
lpr(1).
ERRORS
The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file
specifies the name of the error log.
SEE ALSO
Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: i18n_printing(5)la88of(8)