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Using other Xprint V7.0 objects Producing Output with Xprint V7.0
3.5 Using other Xprint V7.0 objects
The previous section has already mentioned a number of options which are in
some cases closely related to each other. For example, the options for defining
font settings and the options for defining page settings are logically connected.
Xprint V7.0 responds to this fact by providing two objects which combine
logically connected settings. These are the objects font (-fnt) and form (-frm).
With the help of objects of these types, the corresponding settings can be
defined globally and called up for printing.
Instead of specifying several options, e.g. for defining the font settings, you only
need to specify a single option which will activate a predefined font. Here the
following applies:
A font comprises all the options for font settings, a form comprises a font as well
as all the options for page and margin settings for a printout. Fonts are assigned
to forms and these in turn are assigned to printers. By default, every printer is
assigned the GENERIC form which defines the default settings for the printer. An
administrator can define new fonts or forms and assign these to printers. A user
can only assign these objects to his/her print jobs, thus overriding the default
settings.
Selecting a font or form does not mean, however, that all the options defined by
this object must be accepted exactly as they are. Every user can assign to a job
a predefined form and additionally specify single options which will override the
settings defined by the form.
Fonts and forms are selected with the following options:
-ft font_name
If you want to use a predefined font for printing your document, select the
font font_name with the -ft option. You must, however, make sure that the
printer to which your print job is sent supports the selected font. You can
display a list of the defined fonts with the xpshow -fnt command.
-fm form_name
form_name is the name of a predefined form on which you want to print
your document. You can display a list of all the available forms with the
xpshow -frm command.
There are two types of form: AUTOMATIC and MANUAL. This differentiation is due to
the fact that there are forms which require manual intervention at the printer
(e.g. changing paper or font cassettes) and others which do not.