hpset |
[-hco] [commands ...] |
hpset is used to send commands to a
printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based on the PCL standard
from Hewlet Packard.
-c- redirect output to stdout
-oname- redirect output into the specified file or device redirect
-h- prints a help message
- back
- Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.
- test
- Starts the self test.
- out
- If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.
- cr
- activates the linefeed
- lbon
- acivates the linebreak.
- leftright
- forces the printer to print only from left to right.
- rightleft
- forces the printer to print only from right to left.
- bidirect
- forces the printer in both ways.
- execoff
- The following commands are not executed but printed.
- execon
- The following commands are executed.
- nice
- High quality printing.
- econo
- Enables fast and economic printing.
- landscape
- Printing in landscape format.
- portrait
- Printing in portrait format.
- lpinum
- Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.
The following commands must be sent in the given order and
sequence. The sequence looks like,
hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
[point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]
-Characterset-
english ISO 4
ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6
sweden ISO 10
italian ISO 15
spain ISO 17
german ISO 21
france ISO 69
-Characterdistance-
prop Proportional
fix Fixed
If you've chosen proportional you don't have to set the character density.
-Characterdensity-
cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24
-Pointsize-
point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24
-Typeposition-
italic
upright
-Linestrength-
bold
normal
-Type-
courier
times
gothic
univers
Notice that not every combination of the commands above is possible. Refer
to the manual of HPSET where you can find a table with allowed
combinations.
report them to michael.janson@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de