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thailpof(8)
NAME
  thailpof - Generic filter for printing Thai text files

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/lbin/thailpof [-c] [-h host] [-H] [-i indent] [-l length] [-n login]
  [-P printer_id] [-S] [-w width] [accounting_file]

OPTIONS
  -c  Prints control characters.

  -h host
      Specifies the host name of the job owner. This name can contain Thai
      characters.

  -H  Enables half-height printing mode.  In printers without a one-pass
      printing mode, Thai characters are printed on 3 levels, or 3 lines.
      When half-height printing mode is enabled, the 3 levels are printed in
      1.5 lines, which improves the appearance of output.  The cost of this
      improvement is slower printing speed.

  -i indent
      Specifies the amount of indentation. The default value is no (no
      indentation).

  -l length
      Specifies the page length in lines. The default value is 22.

  -n login
      Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name can contain Thai
      characters.

  -P printer_id
      Specifies the printer ID in the format that conforms to the Wototo
      Specification. This format is [bb][mm][nn] where:

      bb      Is the brand ID, representing the brand of the printer.

      mm      Is the model ID, representing the model of the printer.

      nn      Is the code ID, specifying the character code used by the
	      printer.

  -S  Enables space-compensation mode.	Many of the existing tools for text
      alignment cannot handle nonspacing characters properly.  When printing
      output from such tools, enabling space-compensation mode improves
      alignment of output text.

  -w width
      Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is 80.

OPERANDS
  accounting_file
      Specifies the file to record accounting information.

DESCRIPTION
  The thailpof filter is a generic print filter for Thai text files.  The
  filter handles the device dependencies of printers and performs accounting
  functions.  At print job completion times, accounting records are written
  to the file specified by the af field in /etc/printcap.

  The filter can handle plain text files and files that have been
  preprocessed by nroff.  Either kind of file can contain Thai characters.
  The thailpof filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining,
  superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for the
  printer.

  The thailpof filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if
  fields in the /etc/printcap file. For a description of these fields, see
  printcap(4).

  To print Thai characters on the flag page using 3-pass mode, you must
  specify /usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field of the /etc/printcap file. In
  3-pass mode, however, the flag page is not printed on one page.  Therefore,
  if you do not plan to print Thai characters on the flag page, or if you are
  using one-pass mode, do not specify /usr/lbin/thailpof in the of field.

NOTES
  The lpr command supports a number of options and associated arguments to
  enable localization features supported by various printers. The following
  can be used with the thailpof filter:

  -A

      onehalf
	  To specify one-and-a-half line printing

      spcom
	  To enable space-compensation mode.

      tacdata
	  To specify the pathname of the character code table

  For a complete description of this option and its associated arguments or
  values, 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)

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