---
name: "m2ps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mule2-bin"
version: "2.3+19.34-7potato7"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/m2ps"
---

# m2ps(1)

## NAME

m2ps -- converter from Mule code (\*internal\*) to PostScript

## SYNOPSIS

**m2ps** \[ *options* \] \< *infile* \> *outfile*\

## DESCRIPTION

*m2ps* runs as a filter and converts a text encoded in Mule internal code (called \*internal\*) to a PostScript program to print it.  To handle a text not coded in \*internal\*, you have to convert the code to \*internal\* at first.  You can use *coco* for the code conversion.  You can also use *any2ps* to do all the job (code conversion and PostScript generation).

## OPTIONS

- **-ps** *file*

  Use *file* as a header for PostScript.

- **-dpi** *num*

  Use *num* as a resulution of output device.  Default is 300.

- **-fs** *num*

  Use *num* as FontScale in point.  Default is 10.

- **-lp** *num*

  Use *num* as LinePitch in point.  Default is 14.

- **-ml** *num*

  Use *num* as a line counts in a page.  Default is 56.

- **-tm** *num*

  Use *num* as a TopMargin in point.  Default is 800.

- **-lm** *num*

  Use *num* as LeftMargin in point.  Default is 30.

- **-sm**

  Indicate your PostScript printer has short memory.

- **-bm**

  Indicate your PostScript printer has large memory.  This is the default.

- **-fp** *pathlist*

  Use *pathlist* as a comma-separated search path of BDF files.

- **-cs** *file*

  Use *file* as a path of a file CHARSETS which contains information of character sets and fonts.

- **-a4**

  Indicate A4 paper size.  This is the default.

- **-us**

  Indicate US-LETTER paper size.

- **-ver**

  Shows version number.

## FONT SPECIFICATION

*m2ps* search for BDF files according to a pathlist (list of comma-separeated directory) and filenames described in file CHARSETS.  Each line of this file contains information about one character set.  The line has 7 to 9 columns each separated by ':'.  The columns are: LEADING-CHAR, BYTES, COLUMNS, TYPE, GRAPHIC, FINAL-CHAR, DIRECTION, DOCUMENT, BDF-FILE, and ENCODING.  By modifying this file, you can specify different BDF files.  You don't have to specify ENCODING for 2-byte character sets such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (as for Big5, you should specify 1 for ETen and 2 for HKU).

## FILES

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/m2ps.ps - PostScript header file.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/CHARSETS - A file which contains information of character sets and fonts.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/CODINGS - A file which contains information of coding-systems and priorities.

/usr/local/lib/emacs/$VERSION/etc/demo.ps - PostScript file created by m2ps.  The Original file is in 'doc' directory.

## SEE ALSO

[mule(1)](/mule/1.md), [coco(1)](/coco/1.md), any2ps(1)

## AUTHORS

This program was written by Ken'ichi HANDA of Electrotechnical Laboratory, JAPAN.