6.0;prf (print_file), revision 6.0, 83/02/19
PRF (PRINT_FILE) -- Print a file on the printer.
usage: PRF pathname... [-FTN | -NPAG | -PLOT] [-PR printer_name] [-COP[IES] n]
[-S site_name] [-PITCH pitch] [-POINT
point_size] [-WEIGHT font_weight] [-LQ]
[-TRANSPARENT] {CL}
FORMAT
PRF [pathname...] [options]
PRF queues a file for printing on a printer by copying the file specified into
the /SYS/PRINT directory. The file must be an ASCII stream (i.e., text) file
or a graphics metafile (GMF). After successfully queueing a file, PRF
displays a message containing the print file name.
Files queued by PRF are printed using the PRINT_SERVER (PRSVR).
ARGUMENTS
pathname
(optional) Specify the file to be printed. Multiple pathnames and
pathname wildcarding are permitted.
Default if omitted: read standard input.
OPTIONS
If no options are specified, the file(s) are printed using
ASCII carriage control, with pagination enabled, on the
default printer (as established by PRSVR).
-NPAG Suppress pagination. If this option is NOT specified, the
number of lines of text output to each page is the number
set when the PRINT_SERVER is initialized; each page
includes white space (blank lines) at the top and bottom,
with the file name and current page number at the top.
Specifying this option for plot files removes any white
space between multiple bitmaps in a file.
-FTN Force use of FORTRAN carriage control. The -FTN option
causes the PRINT_SERVER to use FORTRAN forms control even
if the file does not have the FORTRAN carriage control
flag. Use of this option will cause PRF to interpret the
first character of each line as a FORTRAN carriage control
character (and not print it). This can be unfortunate if
the file has ASCII carriage control, so be careful.
-PLOT Specify plot mode. Include this option to print bit-map
files created by a graphics metafile (GMF) manager or the
CPSCR (COPY_SCREEN) command.
-PR name Specify the printer 'name' for printing the file. This
option is useful only if more than one printer is in use on
the network, or if a printer has been assigned a
nonstandard name with the "PRINTER_NAME" configuration
directive in the PRSVR command. If you omit this option,
PRF uses the default printer name, "P". Note that "P" is
also the default printer name used by the PRINT_SERVER.
-COP[IES] n Print multiple copies of the file, where 'n' is the
requested number of copies. If -COP[IES] is specified, 'n'
is required. If this option is omitted, one copy is
printed by default.
-S entry_dir Specify print queue (/SYS/PRINT) on alternate node by
giving that node's entry directory name. Th