How to View Information About a Form

1. Log in as superuser, lp, or assume an equivalent role on the print server.

2. Request information about a form.

   # lpforms -f form-name -l

   -f

   Specifies the form for which you want to view information. Specify all for form-name to view information about all the available forms.

   -l

   Lists the specified form.

   Information about the specified form or forms is displayed.

Example 8–21 Viewing Information About a Form

The following example shows how to display information about the medical form.

# lpforms -f medical -l
Page length: 62
Page width: 72
Number of pages: 2
Line pitch: 6
Character pitch: 12
Character set choice: pica
Ribbon color: black
Comment:
Medical claim form

The following example shows how to redirect the information about the medical form to a file. This command creates the form definition for the form. This command is useful if a form definition is removed unintentionally.

# lpforms -f medical -l > medical.fmd