lpoptions
(1)
Name
lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
Synopsis
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d
destination[/instance] [ -o option[=value] ] ... [ -o
option[=value] ]
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p
destination[/instance] ] -l
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -o
option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ] [ -p destina-
tion[/instance] ] -r option
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x
destination[/instance]
Description
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NAME
lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
SYNOPSIS
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d
destination[/instance] [ -o option[=value] ] ... [ -o
option[=value] ]
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p
destination[/instance] ] -l
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -o
option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ] [ -p destina-
tion[/instance] ] -r option
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x
destination[/instance]
DESCRIPTION
lpoptions displays or sets printer options and defaults.
lpoptions shows the default printer options when run with no
arguments. Other options include:
-E
Enables encryption when communicating with the CUPS
server.
-U username
Uses an alternate username.
-d destination[/instance]
Sets the user default printer to destination. If
instance is supplied then that particular instance is
used. This option overrides the system default printer
for the current user.
-h server[:port]
Uses an alternate server.
-l
Lists the printer specific options and their current
settings.
-o option[=value]
Specifies a new option for the named destination.
-p destination[/instance]
Sets the destination and instance, if specified, for
any options that follow. If the named instance does not
exist then it is created.
-r option
Removes the specified option for the named destination.
-x destination[/instance]
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Removes the options for the named destination and
instance, if specified. If the named instance does not
exist then this does nothing.
If no options are specified using the -o option, then the
current options for the named printer are reported on the
standard output.
Options set with the lpoptions command are used by the lp(1)
and lpr(1) commands when submitting jobs.
ROOT ACCOUNT OPTIONS
When run by the root user, lpoptions gets and sets default
options and instances for all users in the /etc/cups/lpop-
tions file.
COMPATIBILITY
The lpoptions command is unique to CUPS.
FILES
~/.cups/lpoptions - user defaults and instances created by
non-root users.
/etc/cups/lpoptions - system-wide defaults and instances
created by the root user.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | print/cups |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpr(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.easysw.com/pub/cups/1.4.5/cups-1.4.5-source.tar.bz2
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Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.cups.org/.
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