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.TH PSOF 8
.SH NAME
psof \- PostScript output/banner filter for lpr
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B psof
[
.I args\|.\|.\|.
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B psof
is a PostScript output/banner filter for thr lpr spooling system.
To enable banner printing
.B psof
is specified as the
.B of
filter in the printcap entry;
there must also be an
.B if
filter,
usually
.BR psif (8);
.B psof
requires that the printcap entry includes the
.B sb
capability
but does not include the
.B sh
capability.
To disable banner printing, remove the
.B of
capability and include a
.B sh
capability.
Include an
.B hl
capability to print the banner page at the end of a job rather
than at the beginning.
The
.B lpr
system supplies various command line arguments to
.B of
filters;
these are ignored by
.BR psof .
.LP
.B psof
will send the file
.B /usr/local/share/misc/banner.ps
to the printer using
.BR lprps
preceded by definitions of strings
.BR Job ,
.BR Class ,
.B User
and
.BR Date ;
.B /usr/local/share/misc/banner.ps
should contain PostScript code that uses the definitions
to print a suitable banner page.
.LP
No accounting information is generated for banner pages.
.SH FILES
.B /usr/local/share/misc/banner.ps
\ \ PostScript code to print banner.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR printcap (5),
.BR lprps (8),
.BR psif (8)