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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>mtprint</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">&PACKAGE_NAME;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version">&miktexrev;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>mtprint</refname>
<refpurpose>&MiKTeX; print utility</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>
&mtprint;
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>option</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>&mtprint; sends &TeX; output files to a printing device.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--even-only</option></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--even-only</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Prints only even &TeX;
pages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--landscape</option></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--landscape</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Selects landscape output
format.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--odd-only</option></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--odd-only</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Prints only
odd &TeX; pages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--page-range=<replaceable>range</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--page-range=range</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Selects a &TeX; page range
(e.g., 20&ndash;21). Multiple
<option>--page-range</option> options accumulate</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--print-method=<replaceable>method</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--print-method=method</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Selects a print method.
One of</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>psbmp</option></term>
<listitem><para>This method uses &Dvips; and &Ghostscript; to
produce the print output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>ps</option></term>
<listitem><para>This method uses &Dvips; to produce an intermediate
&PostScript; file which will be sent to the printer. This only works
for &PostScript; printers.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--print-nothing</option></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--print-nothing</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Simulates printing.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--printer=<replaceable>printer</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
<primary>--printer=printer</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Selects a printing device. The default printer
is used, if this option is omitted.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</refsect1>

</refentry>
