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Name

xphelloworld - sends a test page to an Xprint printer

Synopsis

xphelloworld kx [-printer printernname] [-printargs arg= value [,...]] [-v] [-text text] [-h]

Description

xphelloworld is a utility for Xprint, the printing system for the X Window system. It sends a test page to the specified printer (or the default printer, if none is specified).

Options

-printer printernname
printer to use
-printargs arg=value [,...]
Args:
tofile=filename
papersize=paper name
orientation=orientation
resolution=DPI
plex=plex
title=string

-text text
Sample text to print. Default is "hello world from X11 print system".
-v
verbose output
-h
print usage

Environment

XPSERVERLIST
${XPSERVERLIST} must be set, identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7) for more details.

Known Bugs

The -text option assumes that the text is in ISO8859-1 encoding (the ${LANG} environment variable is not honored in this case).

A full list of bugs can be obtained from the Xprint.org bug database (http://xprint.mozdev.org/xprint_bugs.html).

See Also

Xprint(7) , X11(7) , xplsprinters(1x) , xpxmhelloworld(1x) , xpawhelloworld(1x) , xpxthelloworld(1x) , xpsimplehelloworld(1x) , Xserver(1x) , Xprt(1x) , libXp(3x) , libXprintUtils(3x) , libXprintAppUtils(3x) , XmPrintShell(3x) , XawPrintShell(3x) , Xprint FAQ (http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html), Xprint main site (http://xprint.mozdev.org/)


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