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Examples

 $ 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.