lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d destina- tion[/instance] [ -o option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ] lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destina- tion[/instance] ] -l lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -o option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ] [ -p destination[/instance] ] -r option lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x destina- tion[/instance]
lpoptions(1) Apple Inc. lpoptions(1)
NAME
lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
SYNOPSIS
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d destina-
tion[/instance] [ -o option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ]
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destina-
tion[/instance] ] -l
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -o
option[=value] ] ... [ -o option[=value] ] [ -p destination[/instance]
] -r option
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x destina-
tion[/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 sup-
plied 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 cre-
ated.
-r option
Removes the specified option for the named destination.
-x destination[/instance]
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/lpoptions 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
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.cups.org/.
29 August 2008 CUPS lpoptions(1)