Specifications
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System V Printer Configuration
* hpa Horizontal position absolute
* cud1 Down one line
* cuf1 Carriage right
swidm Enable double–wide printing
rwidm Disable double–wide printing
* ff Page eject
* is1 Printer initialization string
* is2 Printer initialization string
* is3 Printer initialization string
* if Name of initialization file
* iprog Path name of initializing program
* cud Move carriage down # lines
* cuf Move carriage right # columns
* rep Repeat a character # times
* vpa Absolute vertical position
scs Select character set
smgb Set bottom margin at current line
smgbp Set bottom margin
* smgl Set left margin at current column
smglp Set left margin
* smgr Set right margin at current column
smgrp Set right margin
smgt Set top margin at current line
smgtp Set top margin
scsd Start definition of a character set
* ht Tab to next 8–space tab stop
The items marked with an asterisk (*) are available on your system. The remainder of the
definitions can be added.
Creating a Printer Form
A preprinted printer form is a blank paper form that you load into your printer. An application
typically generates a file that, when printed on the blank form, fills out the form. The print
service includes facilities to create and administer forms.
To specify the format of forms, create a form description file.
For example, create a file called /tmp/check.desc and include all or any subset of the
following information: