NAME

viewprint − print AnswerBook documents using lp

SYNOPSIS

viewprint −P printer | −f file [ −# ncopies ] [ −p pages ] [ −R ] [ −c card-catalog-file ] document-name

DESCRIPTION

viewprint is a utility used by docviewer(1) to print selected pages of AnswerBook documents.  viewprint uses the AnswerBook "card catalog" mechanism to locate the PostScript files corresponding to the specified document document-name, and prints these files using lp(1). 

OpenWindows users do not typically need to use viewprint.  It is automatically invoked by docviewer as needed. 

OPTIONS

−P printer
Send document to printer

−f filename
Send document to filename (instead of printer)

−# ncopies
Print ncopies copies

−p pages
Specify page numbers of pages to print. pages can be a single page number, or a page range of the form first-last

−R Reverse the order of pages (last page first)

−c card-catalog
Specify the name of the card catalog file used to locate AnswerBooks.  See ab_cardcatalog(4) for more information. 

ENVIRONMENT

AB_CARDCATALOG

Specify the name of the card catalog file used to locate AnswerBooks.  See ab_cardcatalog(4) for more information. 

SEE ALSO

docviewer(1), lp(1), ab_cardcatalog(4)

DIAGNOSTICS

viewprint prints an error message on failure and returns a non-zero exit status. 

NOTES

viewprint assumes the printer is PostScript-capable. In addition, most AnswerBook documents are typeset using the Palatino font, and will not print correctly on a printer that does not support that font. 

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 
AnswerBook is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., licensed to SunSoft, Inc.

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 18 November 1993