grolbp

Groff Canon LBP printer driver

TLDR

Generate Canon LBP output

$ groff -Tlbp [file.roff] | lpr -P[printer]

Direct grolbp usage

$ grolbp [file] > output.lbp

Specify font

$ grolbp -F [fontdir] [file]

grolbp is a groff output driver that produces output in CAPSL and VDM format suitable for Canon LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers. It supports various paper sizes, orientations, and copy counts.The driver processes groff intermediate output and produces printer-specific commands for direct printing to Canon LBP hardware.

PARAMETERS

FILE

Groff intermediate output file.

-c N, --copies N

Print N copies of each page.

-F DIR, --fontdir DIR

Prepend directory to the font search path.

-l, --landscape

Format the document in landscape orientation.

-o ORIENTATION, --orientation ORIENTATION

Set orientation to portrait or landscape.

-p SIZE, --papersize SIZE

Set paper size (A4, letter, legal, executive).

-w WIDTH, --linewidth WIDTH

Set default line thickness in thousandths of an em (default: 40).

-v, --version

Display version information.

-h, --help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install groff

sudo dnf install groff

sudo pacman -S groff

sudo apk add groff

sudo zypper install groff

brew install groff

nix profile install nixpkgs#groff

CAVEATS

Part of groff package. Specific to Canon LBP printers. May require printer-specific configuration.

HISTORY

grolbp was developed as part of GNU groff to support Canon laser beam printers.