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  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=DATA_TYPE=PROPRINTER file-spec

    The print symbiont calls the PROPRINTER-to-POSTSCRIPT translator.
    When the translator has translated the file to PostScript, the
    file is printed.

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=PAGE_ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE file-spec

    This command prints the job with landscape as the page orientation.

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(INPUT_TRAY=MIDDLE,PAGE_ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE) -
  _$ file-spec

    This command prints the job on paper from the middle input tray, with
    landscape as the page orientation.

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=("PAGE_LIMIT=(3,5)",MESSAGES) file-spec
                          or
  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(PAGE_LIMIT="(3,5)",MESSAGES) file-spec

    These commands print pages 3 through 5 of the job and print any
    job-generated event messages on a job log page.

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(SIDES=2,DATA=ANSI) file-spec

    This command prints an ANSI text file using both sides of the sheet.
    (The SIDES command is overridden if the file contains an operator that
    sets the duplex value.)

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(NUMBER_UP=4) file-spec

    This command prints the job four pages to a sheet.  The sequence
    of pages as printed on the page differs depending on whether the
    document is printed in portrait or landscape orientation.

    For a portrait-oriented document,   For a landscape-oriented document,
    the pages are printed on the        if PAGE_ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE is not
    sheet in the following order:       specified, the pages are printed on
                                        the sheet in the following order:
         +---------+---------+
         |         |         |             +------------+------------+
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |       1 |       2 |             |          3 |          1 |
         +---------+---------+             +------------+------------+
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |         |         |             |            |            |
         |         |         |             |          4 |          2 |
         |       3 |       4 |             +------------+------------+
         +---------+---------+

    To print landscape pages in the portrait order, include the
    PAGE_ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE parameter in the command line.

  $ PRINT /PARAMETERS=(PAGE_SIZE=A,SHEET_SIZE=A4) file-spec

    This command prints a file that is designed for A-size paper on
    A4-size paper, adjusting the size of the page to fit the paper.  The
    page image is scaled to the dimensions of the sheet without
    affecting the ratio of width to height.
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