lpr
(1)
Name
lpr - print files
Synopsis
lpr [ -E ] [ -H server[:port] ] [ -U username ] [ -P desti-
nation[/instance] ] [ -# num-copies [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [
-o option[=value] ] [ -p] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -C/J/T title ] [
file(s) ]
Description
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NAME
lpr - print files
SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -E ] [ -H server[:port] ] [ -U username ] [ -P desti-
nation[/instance] ] [ -# num-copies [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [
-o option[=value] ] [ -p] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -C/J/T title ] [
file(s) ]
DESCRIPTION
lpr submits files for printing. Files named on the command
line are sent to the named printer (or the default destina-
tion if no destination is specified). If no files are listed
on the command-line, lpr reads the print file from the stan-
dard input.
THE DEFAULT DESTINATION
CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The
"LPDEST" and "PRINTER" environment variables are consulted
first. If neither are set, the current default set using the
lpoptions(1) command is used, followed by the default set
using the lpadmin(8) command.
OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by lpr:
-E
Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-H server[:port]
Specifies an alternate server.
-C "name"
-J "name"
-T "name"
Sets the job name.
-P destination[/instance]
Prints files to the named printer.
-U username
Specifies an alternate username.
-# copies
Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
-h
Disables banner printing. This option is equivalent to
"-o job-sheets=none".
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-l
Specifies that the print file is already formatted for
the destination and should be sent without filtering.
This option is equivalent to "-o raw".
-m
Send an email on job completion.
-o option[=value]
Sets a job option.
-p
Specifies that the print file should be formatted with
a shaded header with the date, time, job name, and page
number. This option is equivalent to "-o prettyprint"
and is only useful when printing text files.
-q
Hold job for printing.
-r
Specifies that the named print files should be deleted
after printing them.
COMPATIBILITY
The "c", "d", "f", "g", "i", "n", "t", "v", and "w" options
are not supported by CUPS and produce a warning message if
used.
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), lpoptions(1), lpq(1), lprm(1),
lpstat(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
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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
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.cups.org/.
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