lp
(1)
Name
lp - print files
Synopsis
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -d destination[/instance]
] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -m ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o
option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -s ] [ -t title ] [ -H
handling ] [ -P page-list ] [ -- ] [ file(s) ]
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -i
job-id ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o option[=value] ] [ -q prior-
ity ] [ -t title ] [ -H handling ] [ -P page-list ]
Description
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NAME
lp - print files
SYNOPSIS
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -d destination[/instance]
] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -m ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o
option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -s ] [ -t title ] [ -H
handling ] [ -P page-list ] [ -- ] [ file(s) ]
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -i
job-id ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o option[=value] ] [ -q prior-
ity ] [ -t title ] [ -H handling ] [ -P page-list ]
DESCRIPTION
lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use a
filename of "-" to force printing from the standard 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 lp:
--
Marks the end of options; use this to print a file
whose name begins with a dash (-).
-E
Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-U username
Specifies the username to use when connecting to the
server.
-c
This option is provided for backwards-compatibility
only. On systems that support it, this option forces
the print file to be copied to the spool directory
before printing. In CUPS, print files are always sent
to the scheduler via IPP which has the same effect.
-d destination
Prints files to the named printer.
-h hostname[:port]
Chooses an alternate server.
-i job-id
Specifies an existing job to modify.
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-m
Sends an email when the job is completed.
-n copies
Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
-o "name=value [name=value ...]"
Sets one or more job options.
-q priority
Sets the job priority from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest).
The default priority is 50.
-s
Do not report the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
-t "name"
Sets the job name.
-u username
Submits jobs as username.
-H hh:mm
-H hold
-H immediate
-H restart
-H resume
Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of
immediate will print the file immediately, a value of
hold will hold the job indefinitely, and a time value
(HH:MM) will hold the job until the specified time. Use
a value of resume with the -i option to resume a held
job. Use a value of restart with the -i option to
restart a completed job.
-P page-list
Specifies which pages to print in the document. The
list can contain a list of numbers and ranges (#-#)
separated by commas (e.g. 1,3-5,16). The page numbers
refer to the output pages and not the document's origi-
nal pages - options like "number-up" can affect the
numbering of the pages.
COMMON JOB OPTIONS
Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
lpoptions(1) command, the following generic options are
available:
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-o media=size
Sets the page size to size. Most printers support at
least the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
-o landscape
-o orientation-requested=4
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
-o sides=one-sided
-o sides=two-sided-long-edge
-o sides=two-sided-short-edge
Prints on one or two sides of the paper. The value
"two-sided-long-edge" is normally used when printing
portrait (unrotated) pages, while "two-sided-short-
edge" is used for landscape pages.
-o fitplot
Scales the print file to fit on the page.
-o number-up=2
-o number-up=4
-o number-up=6
-o number-up=9
-o number-up=16
Prints multiple document pages on each output page.
-o scaling=number
Scales image files to use up to number percent of the
page. Values greater than 100 cause the image file to
be printed across multiple pages.
-o cpi=N
Sets the number of characters per inch to use when
printing a text file. The default is 10.
-o lpi=N
Sets the number of lines per inch to use when printing
a text file. The default is 6.
-o page-bottom=N
-o page-left=N
-o page-right=N
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-o page-top=N
Sets the page margins when printing text files. The
values are in points - there are 72 points to the inch.
EXAMPLES
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called
"foo":
lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
Print an image across 4 pages:
lp -d bar -o scaling=200 filename
Print a text file with 12 characters per inch, 8 lines per
inch, and a 1 inch left margin:
lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename
COMPATIBILITY
Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer
names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB,
"/", or "#". Also, printer and class names are not case-
sensitive.
The "q" option accepts a different range of values than the
Solaris lp command, matching the IPP job priority values
(1-100, 100 is highest priority) instead of the Solaris val-
ues (0-39, 0 is highest priority).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | print/cups |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lpadmin(8), lpmove(8), lpoptions(1), lpstat(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2010 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
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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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