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xphelloworld(1x)

sends a test page to an Xprint printer

NAME

xphelloworld - sends a test page to an Xprint printer

SYNOPSIS

xphelloworld [-printer printernname] [-printargs arg= value [,...]] [-v] [-text text] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

xphelloworld is a utility for Xprint, the printing system for the X Window system. It sends a test page to the specified printer (or the default printer, if none is specified).

OPTIONS

-printer printernname

printer to use

-printargs arg=value [,...]

Args:

tofile=filename
papersize=paper name
orientation=orientation
resolution=DPI
plex=plex
title=string
-text text

Sample text to print. Default is "hello world from X11 print system".

-v

verbose output

-h

print usage

ENVIRONMENT

XPSERVERLIST

${XPSERVERLIST} must be set, identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7x) for more details.

KNOWN BUGS

The -text option assumes that the text is in ISO8859-1 encoding (the ${LANG} environment variable is not honored in this case).

A full list of bugs can be obtained from the Xprint.org bug database (http://xprint.mozdev.org/xprint_bugs.html).

SEE ALSO

Xprint(7x), X11(7x), xplsprinters(1x), xpxmhelloworld(1x), xpawhelloworld(1x), xpxthelloworld(1x), xpsimplehelloworld(1x), Xserver(1x), Xprt(1x), libXp(3x), libXprintUtils(3x), libXprintAppUtils(3x), XmPrintShell(3x), XawPrintShell(3x), Xprint FAQ (http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html), Xprint main site (http://xprint.mozdev.org/)