User`s guide

Appendix A:vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters
22 - PShop User’s Guide
Usage Synopsis
vvprint [options] filename [filename...]
vvlpr [options] filename [filename...]
Typing:
vvprint -help
or
vvlpr -help
will print out all of the command line parameters that are supported in vvprint
and vvlpr. This command line assumes one printer on the system, to switch
between printers please see the section on ids on page 26. What follows is a brief
description of the parameters.
Description
“vvprint” provides a command-line interface for printing. It is normally called by
the system from lp or lpr via a printer interface script. It accepts TIFF, Sun Raster,
EPSI, PostScript, JPEG, GIF, X11 Bitmap, PNG, XWD, ASCII text, and other
file formats via a user-supplied filter.
“vvlpr” accepts all of the command line interface parameters (and files) that
vvprint does, then submits the job to the named print queue via lp or lpr. Options
for lp and lpr are passed through.
Options
“vvprint” options and parameters may be specified in any order on the command
line, in a settings file, or both. The values assigned to options are either numbers,
filenames, or dimensions. Native units for dimensions are “twelfths” (1/1200
inch), but a suffix beginning with letter m, i, t, or p may be used to indicate
millimeters, inches, twelfths or pixels respectively.
“vvprint” options may be specified in any of the following (in decreasing order
of precedence):
• on the command line
• in the interface script
• in an ifs settings file