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.\" Man page for ptouch-print
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.\" Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Dominic Radermacher
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.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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.\"
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.TH PTOUCH-PRINT 1 "2023-03-13" "1.5" "ptouch printer util"
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.SH NAME
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ptouch-print \- a command line tool to use Brother Ptouch label printers
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.\" The general command line
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.B ptouch-print
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.RI [\| "options" \|]\ <\| print\ command\ options\|>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B ptouch-print
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is a command line tool that can be used to print labels with several
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Brother Ptouch label printers.
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.SH OPTIONS
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General options, font selection options and optput options are valid for the
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whole printout and should be given only once.
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Each duplication will override the previous argument value.
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Any of the printing command options can be given more than
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once in any order, and will be executed in the given order.
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.SS "General options"
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.TP
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.BR \-\-debug
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Enables printing of debugging information.
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.SS "Font selection options"
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.TP
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.BR \-\-fontsize\ \fI<size>
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Disable auto-detection of the font size and force the font size to the size
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given as argument. Please note that text will be cut off if you specify a
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too large font size here.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-font\ \fI<fontname>
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Set the font to the fontname given as argument.
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.SS "Output control options"
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.TP
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.BR \-\-writepng\ \fI<file>
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Instead of printing to the label printer, write the output in a PNG image
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file (which can be printed later using the --image printing command option).
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.SS "Printing command options"
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.TP
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.BR \-\-text\ \fItext
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Print the given text at the current position. Text including spaces must be
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enclosed in question marks.
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To print a text in multiple lines, give multiple text arguments.
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Also see the
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.BR EXAMPLES
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section.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-image\ \fIimage.png
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Print the image file at the current position. The image file must be a two
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color, palette based image in PNG format.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-cutmark
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Print a cutmark (dashed line) at the current position.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-pad\ \fI<n>
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Print <n> pixels of white space at the current position. Useful for printers
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that would otherwise cut off parts of the printed text or image.
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.SS "Getting help and display information"
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.TP
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.BR \-? ", " \-\-help
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Print a help message and exit.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-version
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Display version information and exit.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-info
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Show info about the tape detected (like printing width etc.) and exit.
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.TP
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.BR \-\-list-supported
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List all supported printers
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.SH DEFAULTS
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The default font used is 'DejaVuSans'.
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.TP
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The default fontsize is auto-detected, depending on the used tape width and font.
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.SH "EXIT STATUS"
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.TP
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.B 0
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Successful program execution.
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.TP
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.B 1
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Usage syntax error.
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.TP
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.B 5
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Printer device could not been opened.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.TP
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\fBptouch-print\fR \fI--text\fR 'Hello World'
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Print the text 'Hello World' in one line
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.TP
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\fBptouch-print\fR \fI--text\fR 'Hello' 'World'
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Print the text 'Hello World' in two lines ('Hello' in the first line
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and 'World' in the second line).
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.TP
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\fBptouch-print\fR \fI--image\fR icon.png
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Print the image contained in the PNG image file 'icon.png'.
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The image file must be palette based PNG format with two colors.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Dominic Radermacher (dominic@familie-radermacher.ch).
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Also see https://dominic.familie-radermacher.ch/projekte/ptouch-print/
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