plpprintd(8)

💖 plpprintd(8) — system administration commands 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to plpprintd, a manual page straight out of the system administration commands corner of the Unix world. Yes, an actual daemon. She's giving background-process main character energy and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

plpprintd — daemon for printing via PC from a Psion. 🖨️🧚

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

plpprintd [-d] [-h] [-v] [-V] [-s spooldir] [-c print-cmd] [-p
[host:]port] [long-options]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: plpprintd is a print server for a Psion that's connected to your PC. like, the Psion is over there doing its thing, and this daemon is the bestie that makes it all work. 💅

with plpprintd, you can use the Psion's "Print via PC" feature to reach any printer that's available on your PC. no cap, any one of them.

and when a print job comes through? the data gets converted to Postscript® first, and then sent off to a printer. slay. ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d, --debug — turns on extra debug messages and keeps her in the foreground, meaning she does not fork. she stays right there with you. lowkey clingy, highkey helpful. 🫶
• -h, --help — prints a short help text and dips. that's it, that's the whole job.
• -v, --verbose — bumps the verbosity up. more talking. we love a chatty queen. 💬
• -V, --version — shows the version and exits. quick little flex then gone. 👑
• -s, --spooldir=dir — pick a directory to use for temporary spool files. if you skip this option entirely, the builtin default /var/spool/plpprint gets used. she has a fave, and it's that one.
• -c, --printcmd=cmd — name the command that actually sends the print job to the printer. heads up bestie: the command you specify must receive the data from its standard input. if you don't set this option, the builtin default lpr -Ppsion is what runs.
• -p, --port=[host:]port — specify the host and port to connect to (for example, the port where ncpd is listening 🎧). by default the host is 127.0.0.1, and the port gets looked up in /etc/services. and if it's not found in there? a builtin value of 7501 is used. periodt.

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🦋 FILES 🦋

• /usr/share/plptools/prolog.ps — holds the Postscript(®) dictionary, which is needed for printing the jobs. essential little file, we stan. 📜
• /usr/share/plptools/fontmap — the font mapping file. this one converts the Psion's font names into valid Postscript(®) font names. its format is described at the beginning of the file itself (iykyk, read the top of it). and if a Psion font name shows up that can't be found in this file, a builtin default of Courier is used. fallback font, saving the day. 🌈

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💀 BUGS 💀

using patterns in diagrams gives ugly results. 😭 that's it. that's the warning. she's not pretty and we're not pretending otherwise.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

ncpd(8), plpfuse(8), plpftp(1), sisinstall(1)

go read those too, bestie, they're all in the same friend group. 🫶

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Fritz Elfert

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and that's the whole page, no notes. this came to you courtesy of plptools 1.0.26 — version 1.0.26 of plptools, that is. 💖 stay printing, stay slaying, bye bestie! 🎀✨🦋