xphelloworld(1) sends a test page to an Xprint printer

SYNOPSIS

xphelloworld [-printer printernname] [-printargs arg= value [,...]] [-v] [-text text] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

xphelloworld is a utility for Xprint, the printing system for the X Window system. It sends a test page to the specified printer (or the default printer, if none is specified).

OPTIONS

-printer printernname
printer to use
-printargs arg=value [,...]
Args:
tofile=filename
papersize=paper name
orientation=orientation
resolution=DPI
plex=plex
title=string

-text text
Sample text to print. Default is "hello world from X11 print system".
-v
verbose output
-h
print usage

ENVIRONMENT

XPSERVERLIST
${XPSERVERLIST} must be set, identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7) for more details.

KNOWN BUGS

The -text option assumes that the text is in ISO8859-1 encoding (the ${LANG} environment variable is not honored in this case).

A full list of bugs can be obtained from the Xprint.org bug database (http://xprint.mozdev.org/xprint_bugs.html).