GSLP(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to gslp(1) — the Ghostscript manual page, and it's literally a whole little family of text-printing icons:

• gslp — format and print text using ghostscript 👑
• gsbj — format and print text for BubbleJet printer using ghostscript
• gsdj — format and print text for DeskJet printer using ghostscript
• gsdj500 — format and print text for DeskJet 500 BubbleJet using ghostscript
• gslj — format and print text for LaserJet printer using ghostscript

five siblings, one vibe, all of them just trying to get your plain text onto paper 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gslp -12BclqRr -b<header> -f<font> -F<hfont> -L<lines> -p<outfile> -T<n>
--add-to-space <units> --add-to-width <units> --columns <n> --detect
--first-page <n> --kern <file.afm> --last-page <n>
--(heading|footing)-(left|center|right) <string>
--margin-(top|bottom|left|right) <inches> --no-eject-(file|formfeed)
--spacing <n> [gs options] [files]
gsbj [options] [files]
gsdj [options] [files]
gsdj500 [options] [files]
gslj [options] [files]

like yes, that's a lot of flags. no, you don't need all of them. but she ate 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So this utility gives you functionality that's approximately equivalent to the Unix enscript(1) program. Key word: approximately. She's not a clone, she's her own main character ✨

She prints plain text files using a single font. She currently handles tabs and formfeeds, but not backspaces — backspace is not invited to the party 🙈. She will line-wrap when you're using fixed-pitch fonts. And she'll also do kerning and width adjustment, because she's extra and we love that for her.

The default device (-sDEVICE=) and resolution (-r) are as follows:

• gslp — epson — 180
• gsbj — bj10e — 180
• gsdj — deskjet — 300
• gsdj500 — djet500 — 300
• gslj — laserjet — 300

And by default, the current date is formatted as the center header. iconic behavior, honestly 🎀

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🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

Standard switches implemented 🫶

-12BclqRr -b<header> -f<font> -F<hfont> -L<lines> -p<outfile>

Sun switches implemented ☀️

• -T<n> — set tab width

Switches ignored 💀

-GghKkmow -# -C -d -J -n -P -S -s -t -v

yeah. they're just… there. ignored. not their moment 😭

Switches added 🔥

• --add-to-space <units> — add the given number of 1/72" units to the width of each space (may be negative)
• --add-to-width <units> — add the given number of 1/72" units to the width of each character (may be negative)
• --columns <n> — print in <n> columns
• --detect — treat the file as PostScript if it starts with %!
• --first-page <n> — start printing at page <n>
• --kern <file.afm> — kern using information from the given .AFM file
• --last-page <n> — stop printing after page <n>
• --(heading|footing)-(left|center|right) <string> — set the heading/footing fields; use -B first to clear
• --margin-(top|bottom|left|right) <inches> — set a margin
• --no-eject-(file|formfeed) — end-of-file/FF only starts a new column, not a new sheet
• --spacing <n> — use double (n=2), triple (n=3), etc. spacing

✨ bonus tea: the string %# in a heading or footing is replaced with the page #. cute little self-insert, iykyk 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• gs(1)

go read that one too, bestie, she's the blueprint 🫶

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.04.0.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. This manpage by George Ferguson. thank you george, you ate 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie — this manual page came to you from Ghostscript version 10.04.0, last revised 18 Sept 2024 💜 now go print something, no cap ✨🦋