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diff --git a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 b/share/man/man5/printcap.5 index 372ab79d3a1..87c2e8c3a09 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/printcap.5 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: printcap.5,v 1.5 1998/11/26 04:25:59 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.7 1998/02/20 12:24:50 hubertf Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -43,9 +44,8 @@ .Nm printcap .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm Printcap -function -is a simplified version of the +.Nm printcap +file is a simplified version of the .Xr termcap 5 data base used to describe line printers. The spooling system accesses the @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ substituted for, as is possible for because it may allow accounting to be bypassed. .Pp The default printer is normally -.Em lp , +.Dq lp , though the environment variable .Ev PRINTER may be used to override this. Each spooling utility supports an option, -.Fl P Ar printer , +.Fl P Ns Ar printer , to allow explicit naming of a destination printer. .Pp Refer to the @@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ If the local line printer driver supports indentation, the daemon must understand how to invoke it. .Sh FILTERS If a printer is specified via -.Sy lp +.Cm lp (either local or remote), the .Xr lpd 8 daemon creates a pipeline of -.Em filters +.Dq filters to process files for various printer types. The pipeline is not set up for remote printers specified via -.Sy rm +.Cm rm unless the local host is the same as the remote printer host given. The filters selected depend on the flags passed to @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ v vf raster image .Ed .Pp The -.Sy if +.Cm if filter is invoked with arguments: .Bd -filled -offset indent .Cm if @@ -180,9 +180,7 @@ flag is passed only if the flag (pass control characters literally) is specified to .Xr lpr . -The -.Ar Width -function +.Ar width and .Ar length specify the page width and length @@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ and parameters specify the login name and host name of the owner of the job respectively. The -.Ar Acct-file +.Ar acct-file function is passed from the .Cm af @@ -281,13 +279,13 @@ themselves. Error messages sent to the console have a carriage return and a line feed appended to them, rather than just a line feed. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr lpq 1 , +.Xr lpr 1 , +.Xr lprm 1 , .Xr termcap 5 , .Xr lpc 8 , .Xr lpd 8 , -.Xr pac 8 , -.Xr lpr 1 , -.Xr lpq 1 , -.Xr lprm 1 +.Xr pac 8 .Rs .%T "4.3 BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual" .Re @@ -295,4 +293,4 @@ feed appended to them, rather than just a line feed. The .Nm file format appeared in -.Bx 4.2 .. +.Bx 4.2 . |