lpc - line printer control program
lpc [ command [ parameter(s) ] ]
lpc(8) Apple Inc. lpc(8)
NAME
lpc - line printer control program
SYNOPSIS
lpc [ command [ parameter(s) ] ]
DESCRIPTION
lpc provides limited control over printer and class queues provided by
CUPS. It can also be used to query the state of queues.
If no command is specified on the command-line, lpc will display a
prompt and accept commands from the standard input.
COMMANDS
The lpc program accepts a subset of commands accepted by the Berkeley
lpc program of the same name:
exit
Exits the command interpreter.
help [command]
? [command]
Displays a short help message.
quit
Exits the command interpreter.
status [queue]
Displays the status of one or more printer or class queues.
LIMITATIONS
Since lpc is geared towards the Berkeley printing system, it is impos-
sible to use lpc to configure printer or class queues provided by CUPS.
To configure printer or class queues you must use the lpadmin(8) com-
mand or another CUPS-compatible client with that functionality.
COMPATIBILITY
The CUPS version of lpc does not implement all of the standard Berkeley
or LPRng commands.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | print/cups |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
cancel(1), cupsaccept(8), cupsenable(8), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1),
lpstat(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/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/.
3 November 2008 CUPS lpc(8)