{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "GROLBP", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GROLBP/1/json", "generated": "2026-10-22T13:18:28Z", "sections": { "Name": { "content": "grolbp - groff output driver for Canon CaPSL printers\n", "subsections": [] }, "Synopsis": { "content": "grolbp [-l] [-c num-copies] [-F font-directory] [-o orientation] [-p paper-format] [-w width]\n[file ...]\ngrolbp [--copies=num-copies] [--fontdir=font-directory] [--landscape] [--linewidth=width]\n[--orientation=orientation] [--papersize=paper-format] [file ...]\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "grolbp -h", "content": "" }, { "name": "grolbp --help", "content": "" }, { "name": "grolbp -v", "content": "" }, { "name": "grolbp --version", "content": "" } ] }, "Description": { "content": "This GNU roff output driver translates the output of troff(1) into a CaPSL and VDM format\nsuitable for Canon LBP-4 and LBP-8 printers. Normally, grolbp is invoked by groff(1) when\nthe latter is given the “-T lbp” option. (In this installation, ps is the default output de‐\nvice.) Use groff's -P option to pass any options shown above to grolbp. If no file argu‐\nments are given, or if file is “-”, grolbp reads the standard input stream. Output is writ‐\nten to the standard output stream.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "Typefaces", "content": "The driver supports the Dutch, Swiss, and Swiss-Narrow scalable typefaces, each in the regu‐\nlar, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles. Additionally, the bitmapped, monospaced Courier\nand Elite typefaces are available in regular, bold, and italic styles; Courier at 8 and 12\npoints, Elite at 8 and 10 points. The following chart summarizes the groff font names used\nto access them.\n\n┌───────────────┬─────────┬────────┬──────────┬──────────────┐\n│ Typeface │ Roman │ Bold │ Italic │ Bold-Italic │\n├───────────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────────┤\n│ Dutch │ TR │ TB │ TI │ TBI │\n├───────────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────────┤\n│ Swiss │ HR │ HB │ HI │ HBI │\n├───────────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────────┤\n│ Swiss Narrow │ HNR │ HNB │ HNI │ HNBI │\n├───────────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────────┤\n│ Courier │ CR │ CB │ CI │ │\n├───────────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────────┤\n│ Elite │ ER │ EB │ EI │ │\n└───────────────┴─────────┴────────┴──────────┴──────────────┘\n" }, { "name": "Paper format, orientation, and device description file", "content": "grolbp supports paper formats “A4”, “letter”, “legal”, and “executive”. These are matched\ncase-insensitively. The -p, --papersize option overrides any setting in the device descrip‐\ntion file DESC. If neither specifies a paper format, A4 is assumed.\n\nIn its DESC file, grolbp (case-insensitively) recognizes an orientation directive accepting\none mandatory argument, portrait or landscape. The first valid orientation directive encoun‐\ntered controls. The -l, -o, and --orientation command-line options override any setting in\nDESC. If none of the foregoing specify the orientation, portrait is assumed.\n" }, { "name": "Font description files", "content": "In addition to the font description file directives documented in grofffont(5), grolbp rec‐\nognizes lbpname, which maps the groff font name to the font name used internally by the\nprinter. Its syntax is as follows.\nlbpname printer-font-name\nlbpname's argument is case-sensitive. The printer's font names are encoded as follows.\n\nFor bitmapped fonts, printer-fontname has the form\nN⟨base-font-name⟩⟨font-style⟩\nbase-font-name is the font name as it appears in the printer's font listings without the\nfirst letter, up to (but not including) the font size. font-style can be one of the letters\nR, I, or B, indicating the roman, italic, and bold styles, respectively. For instance, if\nthe printer's “font listing A” shows “Nelite12I.ISOUSA”, the corresponding entry in the\ngroff font description file is\nlbpname NeliteI\nYou may need to modify grolbp to add support for new bitmapped fonts, since the available\nfont names and font sizes of bitmapped fonts (as documented above) are hard-coded into the\nprogram.\n\nFor scalable fonts, printer-font-name is identical to the font name as it appears in the\nprinter's “font listing A”. For instance, to select the “Swiss” font in bold-italic style,\nwhich appears in the font listing as “Swiss-BoldOblique”,\nlbpname Swiss-BoldOblique\nis the required directive, and this is what we find in the groff font description file HBI\nfor the lbp device.\n" }, { "name": "Drawing commands", "content": "For compatibility with grolj4(1), an additional drawing command is available.\n\n\\D'R dh dv'\nDraw a rule (solid black rectangle) with one corner at the drawing position, and the\ndiagonally opposite corner at the drawing position +(dh,dv).\n" } ] }, "Options": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "-h --help -v --version", "content": "exit afterward.\n", "flag": "-v", "long": "--version" }, { "name": "-c _", "content": "--copies=num-copies\nProduce num-copies copies of each page.\n", "flag": "-c" }, { "name": "-F _", "content": "--fontdir=font-directory\nPrepend directory font-directory/devname to the search path for font and device de‐\nscription files; name is the name of the device, usually lbp.\n", "flag": "-F" }, { "name": "-l", "content": "", "flag": "-l" }, { "name": "--landscape", "content": "Format the document in landscape orientation.\n", "long": "--landscape" }, { "name": "-o _", "content": "--orientation=orientation\nFormat the document in the given orientation, which must be “portrait” or “landscape”.\n", "flag": "-o" }, { "name": "-p _", "content": "--papersize=paper-format\nSet the paper format to paper-format, which must be a valid paper format as described\nabove.\n", "flag": "-p" }, { "name": "-w _", "content": "--linewidth=width\nSet the default line thickness to width thousandths of an em; the default is 40\n(0.04 em).\n", "flag": "-w" } ] }, "Environment": { "content": "GROFFFONTPATH\nlists directories in which to seek the selected output device's directory of device\nand font description files. See troff(1) and grofffont(5).\n", "subsections": [] }, "Files": { "content": "/usr/share/groff/1.23.0/font/devlbp/DESC\ndescribes the lbp output device.\n\n/usr/share/groff/1.23.0/font/devlbp/F\ndescribes the font known as F on device lbp.\n\n/usr/share/groff/1.23.0/tmac/lbp.tmac\ndefines macros for use with the lbp output device. It is automatically loaded by\ntroffrc when the lbp output device is selected.\n\nSee also\ngroff(1), troff(1), groffout(5), grofffont(5), groffchar(7)\n\ngroff 1.23.0 31 March 2024 grolbp(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [] }