---
name: "uniprint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "yudit"
version: "3.1.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uniprint"
---

# uniprint(1)

produce postscript output from Unicode text for printing

## NAME

uniprint - produce postscript output from Unicode text for printing

## SYNOPSIS

**uniprint** \[ **-out** *output-file* \] \[ **-in** *input-file* \] \[ **-decode encoding** \] \[ **-printer** *printer* \] \[ **-L**  \] \[ **-media** *media* \] \[ **-us** \] \[ **-nus** \] \[ **-break** \] \[ **-wrap** \] \[ **-left**  \] \[ **-right**  \] \[ **-size** *font-size* \] \[ **-hsize** *header-font-size* \] \[ **-font** *font-set* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**uniprint** is a program from the yudit package. It makes a formatted poscript  output that can be saved or directly sent to the printer. The program needs TrueType/OpenType/CFF fonts that have Unicode table  in order  to operate.

If you are running Linux you most probably have Unicode TrueType/OpenType fonts in /usr/share/fonts directory.

The postcript output contains all information needed to draw glyps.  No fonts are needed on the printer side. You may encounter problems with old ghostview or old printers.

## OPTIONS

- **-out** *ouput-file*

  Do not sent the output to the printer, put it in the file instead. If the  **'-'** character is specified, send the postscript data  to the standard output.

- **-in** *input-file*

  If specified read the document from a file. Read stdin otherwise.

- **-decode** *encoding*

  specifies the encoding of the input text.  All encoding methods that are available for **uniconv** can be used. If not specified encoding is set to utf-8.

- **-printer** *printer*

  Send the postscript output to printer through the 'lpr -P Printer'  command.

- **-break**

  option makes this program print a graphical representation of line breaking characters.

- **-us**

  option turns on uniscribe emulation. For some scripts emulation is turned on by default.

- **-nus**

  option turns off uniscribe emulation. For some scripts emulation  is turned off by default.

- **-wrap**

  option makes this program do a simplistic line breaking on word boundaries.

- **-left**

  option sets the embedding of the document to Left.

- **-right**

  option sets the embedding of the document to Right.

- **-L**

  Selects landscape printing. The default is portrait.

- **-media** *media*

  Sets paper size. The default is A4. The following  *media* values are accepted: *A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Executive, Folio, Ledger, Legal, Letter, Quarto, Statement, Tabloid*

- **-size** *font-size*

  sets the size of the font for the text body in  **points.**

- **-hsize** *heder-font-size*

  sets the size of the font for the header in  **points.** If zero size is specified, no header is printed.

- **-font** *font-set*

  specifies the font to be used for printing.

  *font-set* is the filename part of the font, like **Arial.ttf** or a font set, defined in yudit.properties as yudit.font.  For instance  **Terminal** font-set that contains ipag.ttf,unifont.ttf can be used  if you have the following property in yudit.properties:

  yudit.font.Terminal=ipag.ttf,unifont.ttf

  By default  ~/.yudit/fonts, yudit.fontpath and /usr/share/yudit/fonts  are searched for font files. This option can be specified multiple times with font file names or only once if a yudit font-set is used.

## FILES

\~/.yudit/yudit.properties and /usr/share/yudit/config/yudit.properties have yudit.fontpath and the font-sets defined.

## SEE ALSO

uniconv

## AUTHOR

This program was written by  gaspar@yudit.org (Gaspar Sinai),  based upon the TrueType curve conversion code of  **ttf2pfa** program that was written by Adrew Weeks. Last Updated Tokyo, 5 February, 2023.