SUNTOPS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 29 August 1987
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NAME

suntops - convert Sun rasterfile to PostScript

SYNOPSIS

suntops [-r] [-h height] [-w width] [file]

DESCRIPTION

Suntops converts a Sun rasterfile to a PostScript image. The rasterfile is read from either the standard input or the specified file. The PostScript image is written to the standard output.

OPTIONS

-r: Rotate the PostScript output 90 degrees. Useful for printing landscape-mode rasterfiles (e.g. Sun screendumps) on portrait-mode printers (e.g. Apple LaserWriters).
-h: Set the maximum output image height to height inches (default 9).
-w: Set the maximum output image width to width inches (default 7.5).

EXAMPLES

To print the current Sun screen:

: screendump | suntops -r | lpr -PPostScript

DIAGNOSTICS

``self-explanatory''

RESTRICTIONS

Input rasterfiles must be either 1 bit or 8 bits deep.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Specify page size on the command line.

Allow a ``raw'' output mode whereby the PostScript output is scaled to exactly match the resolution of a specific printer. This is supposed to print significantly faster.

Provide an alternative driver routine so that suntops may be invoked as a line printer filter, e.g.:

: lpr -PPostScript -v

AUTHOR

James Frew.

Please send bug reports, fixes, or enhancements to frew@hub.ucsb.edu or ucbvax!ucsbcsl!frew.

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