HPSET(1)

NAME

hpset -- printer commands

hpset [-hco] [commands ...]

hpset is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.

-c redirect output to stdout

-oname redirect output into the specified file or device redirect

-h prints a help message

back Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.

test Starts the self test.

out If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.

cr activates the linefeed

lbon acivates the linebreak.

leftright: forces the printer to print only from left to right.
rightleft: forces the printer to print only from right to left.
bidirect: forces the printer in both ways.
execoff: The following commands are not executed but printed.
execon The following commands are executed.
nice High quality printing.
econo Enables fast and economic printing.
landscape: Printing in landscape format.
portrait: Printing in portrait format.
lpinum Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.
The following commands must be sent in the given order and sequence. The sequence looks like,: hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
[point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]
-Characterset: english ISO 4; ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6; sweden ISO 10; italian ISO 15; spain ISO 17; german ISO 21; france ISO 69
-Characterdistance: prop Proportional; fix Fixed
If you've choosen proportional you dont have to set the character density.
-Characterdensity: cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24
-Pointsize: point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24
-Typeposition: italic
upright
-Linestrength: bold
normal
-Type: courier
times
gothic
univers
Notice that not every combination of the commands above is possible. Refer to the manual of HPSET where you can find a table with allowed combinations.

report them to michael.janson@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de