7.5. Printing options

DefaultPrintCommand

Command used to pass the resulting PostScript to the print spool. Default value is lpr in UNIX systems and prfile32.exe /- on Windows (prfile32.exe is a freeware Windows printing utility available at http://www.lerup.com/printfile/.

TTFont

Name of the TrueType font to be used when printing into Portable Document Format (PDF). Defaults to Arial.

TTFontPath

A comma-separated list of directories to look into for TrueType fonts. If this option is not explicitly specified, TrEd uses directories listed in fontconfig library configuration file /etc/fonts/fonts.conf on Unix and Windows system font directory on Windows.

PsFontFile

A pfa-file with a Type1 PostScript font to be used for PostScript or EPS generation.

PsFontAFMFile

An afm-file containing the Type1 font metrics to be used for PostScript or EPS generation. It is not necessary to specify this option if the metrics file name can be derived from the PsFontFile by substitution the extension for .afm.

PrintColors

If 0, TrEd prints in black and white. If 1, TrEd uses the same colors for printing as it does for displaying the tree on the screen. This option may be overriden by the Use Colors check-box in the Print dialog.

PsFontName

A Postscript font name to be substituted by the font given in PsFontFile in the final PosctScript.

PsFontSize

Size of the Postscript font to be substituted by the font given in PsFontFile in the final PosctScript.

PrtFmtWidth

Width of the paper used for printing. Append one of the characters i,c,m to the number to destinguish the dimension (inches, centimeters, milimeters respectively). This option only applies if PSMedia is set to User (see below).

PrtFmtHeight

Width of the paper used for printing. Same format as PrtFmtWidth. This option only applies if PSMedia is set to User (see below).

PSMedia

A PostScript or PDF document media-type used to calculate page width and height. The default value is A4. If this option is set to BBox, then the generated page has the dimensions of a minimal bounding box around the tree. If this options set to User, then the values of PrtFmtHeight and PrtFmtWidth described above are used. The supported media types beside User and BBox are: Letter, LetterSmall, Legal, Statement, Tabloid, Ledger, Folio, Quarto, 7x9, 9x11, 9x12, 10x13, 10x14, Executive, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A4Small, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, ISOB0, ISOB1, ISOB2, ISOB3, ISOB4, ISOB5, ISOB6, ISOB7, ISOB8, ISOB9, ISOB10, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7.

PSFile

The default name of the output file when printed to file. This name may be modified in the Print dialog.

MaximizePrintSize

If this option is on (i.e. 1), TrEd tryes to draw the tree as big as to fill the whole paper. Default is 0 here.

ImageMagickConvert

Path to ImageMagick's convert command which is used to convert resulting EPS to various image formats. The default value is convert which means TrEd expects the command to be installed in some directory in PATH.