System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

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 form-name

     

    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(s) is displayed.

Examples—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 is useful if a form definition gets removed unintentionally.


# lpforms -f medical -l > medical.fmd