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la86of(8) System Manager's Manual la86of(8) NAME la86of - Filter for the Japanese LA86 printer SYNOPSIS /usr/lbin/la86of [-c] [-h host] [-i indent] \ [-l length] [-L locale] [-n login] [-w width] \ [accounting_file] FLAGS Prints control characters. Specifies the host name of the job owner. This name can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the amount of in- dentation. The default value is no (no indentation). Specifies the page length in lines. The default value is 66. Specifies the printer codeset. This value must be a valid locale name. The default value is ja_JP.deckanji. Specifies the login name of the job owner. This name can contain Japanese characters. Specifies the page width in columns. The default value is 132. PARAMETERS Specifies the file to record accounting information. DESCRIPTION The la86of filter is used to filter text data for the Japanese LA86 printer. The filter handles the device dependencies of the printer and performs accounting functions. At print job completion times, account- ing records are written to the file specified by the af field in the /etc/printcap file. The la86of filter can handle plain text files and files that have been preprocessed by nroff. Either kind of file can contain non-ASCII char- acters. The filter translates nroff control sequences for underlining, superscripting, and subscripting into the proper control sequences for the LA86 printer. The LA86-J printer can be configured to use the software on-demand loading (SoftODL) mechanism to print user-defined characters (UDCs). For a more detailed description of SoftODL, see i18n_printing(5). To enable SoftODL printing, set the ys field in /etc/printcap(4) to 256. You can also set the default SoftODL database, style, and size by using the odldb and odlstyle options of the ya field. If you specify a value for the yt field, use fifo. Refer to printcap(4) for more infor- mation on these fields and associated options. The la86of filter can be the specified filter in both the of and the if fields in the /etc/printcap file. For more information, see print- cap(4). NOTES The lpr command supports a number of flags and associated options to enable localization features supported by various printers. The follow- ing can be used with the la86of print filter: To specify the SoftODL database path To specify SoftODL font style and size For a complete description of this flag and its options, refer to lpr(1). ERRORS The lf field (default value is /dev/null) in the /etc/printcap file specifies the name of the error log. RELATED INFORMATION Commands: lpr(1), pr(1), lpd(8), pac(8) Files: printcap(4) Others: i18n_printing(5) delim off la86of(8)