lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d destination[/instance] [ -l ] lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destination[/instance] ] -o option[=value] ... lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destination[/instance] ] -r option lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x destination[/instance]
lpoptions(1) Apple Inc. lpoptions(1)
NAME
lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults
SYNOPSIS
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] -d destination[/instance] [ -l ]
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destination[/instance] ] -o
option[=value] ...
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -p destination[/instance] ] -r
option
lpoptions [ -E ] [ -h server[:port] ] -x destination[/instance]
DESCRIPTION
lpoptions displays or sets printer options and defaults. If no printer
is specified using the -p option, the default printer is used as
described in lp(1).
If no -l, -o, or -r options are specified, the current options 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.
When run by the root user, lpoptions gets and sets default options and
instances for all users in the /etc/cups/lpoptions file. Otherwise,
the per-user defaults are managed in the ~/.cups/lpoptions file.
OPTIONS
lpoptions supports the following options:
-E Enables encryption when communicating with the CUPS server.
-d destination[/instance]
Sets the user default printer to destination. If instance is sup-
plied then that particular instance is used. This option over-
rides 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. Destinations can only be created using the lpadmin(8) pro-
gram.
-r option
Removes the specified option from 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. Destinations can only be removed using the lpadmin(8)
command.
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.
CONFORMING TO
The lpoptions command is unique to CUPS.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) 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), lprm(1), CUPS Online Help
(http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://github.com/apple/cups/ar-
chive/v2.3.3.zip.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.cups.org/.
26 April 2019 CUPS lpoptions(1)