la84of(8)la84of(8)NAMEla84of - Filter for the Japanese LA84 printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/la84of [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] [-l length] [-L locale] [-n
login] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner.
This name can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the amount of
indentation. The default value is no (no indentation). Specifies the
login 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 codeset. This value must be a valid locale name. The
default value is ja_JP.deckanji. Specifies page width in columns. The
default value is 132.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The la84of filter is used to filter text data for the Japanese LA84
printer. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and
performs accounting functions. At print job completion times, account‐
ing records are written to the file specified by the af field in the
/etc/printcap file.
The la84of filter can handle plain text files and files that have been
preprocessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain non-ASCII char‐
acters. The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining,
superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for
the LA84 printer.
The la84of filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if
fields in the /etc/printcap file. For a description of these fields,
see printcap(4).
The LA84-J printer can be configured to use the software on-demand
loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs).
Refer to i18n_printing(5) for information about SoftODL.
To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys value in /etc/printcap to 256.
You can also set the default SoftODL database, style, and size by using
the odldb and odlstyle options of the ya field. If you specify a value
for the yt field, use fifo. See printcap(4) for detailed information
on these fields and their 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 la84of 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)la84of(8)