la86of(8)la86of(8)NAMEla86of - Filter for the Japanese LA86 printer
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lbin/la86of [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] [-l length] [-L locale] [-n
login] [-w width] [accounting_file]
OPTIONS
Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner.
This name can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the amount of
indentation. The default value is no (no indentation). Specifies the
page length in lines. The default value is 66. Specifies the printer
codeset. This value must be a valid locale name. The default value is
ja_JP.deckanji. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name
can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the page width in columns.
The default value is 132.
OPERANDS
Specifies the file to record accounting information.
DESCRIPTION
The la86of filter is used to filter text data for the Japanese LA86
printer. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and
performs accounting functions. At print job completion times, account‐
ing records are written to the file specified by the af field in the
/etc/printcap file.
The la86of filter can handle plain text files and files that have been
preprocessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain non-ASCII char‐
acters. The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining,
superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for
the LA86 printer.
The LA86-J printer can be configured to use the software on-demand
loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs).
For a more detailed description of SoftODL, see i18n_printing(5).
To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys field in /etc/printcap to 256.
You can also set the default SoftODL database, style, and size by using
the odldb and odlstyle options of the ya field. If you specify a value
for the yt field, use fifo. Refer to printcap(4) for more information
on these fields and associated options.
The la86of filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if
fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more information, see print‐
cap(4).
NOTES
The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments
to enable localization features supported by various printers. The fol‐
lowing can be used with the la86of print filter: To specify the SoftODL
database path To specify SoftODL font style and size
For a complete description of the -A option and its arguments, refer to
lpr(1).
ERRORS
The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file
specifies the name of the error log.
SEE ALSO
Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8)
Files: printcap(4)
Others: i18n_printing(5)la86of(8)