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PROGRAM:

NAME

hpset — printer commands

SYNOPSIS

hpset [-hco] [commands ...]

DESCRIPTION

hpset is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based
on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.

Options

-c redirect output to stdout

-oname redirect output into the specified file or device redirect

-h prints a help message

Commands

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.

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