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ef416fc2 1.\"
6e12033b 2.\" lpc man page for CUPS.
ef416fc2 3.\"
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4.\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
5.\" Copyright © 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.
ef416fc2 6.\"
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7.\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more
8.\" information.
ef416fc2 9.\"
87030afb 10.TH lpc 8 "CUPS" "26 April 2019" "Apple Inc."
ef416fc2 11.SH NAME
87030afb 12lpc \- line printer control program (deprecated)
ef416fc2 13.SH SYNOPSIS
14.B lpc
15[
16.I command
17[
18.I parameter(s)
19] ]
20.SH DESCRIPTION
6e12033b 21\fBlpc\fR provides limited control over printer and class queues provided by CUPS. It can also be used to query the state of queues.
ef416fc2 22.LP
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23If no command is specified on the command-line, \fBlpc\fR displays a prompt and accepts commands from the standard input.
24.SS COMMANDS
25The \fBlpc\fR program accepts a subset of commands accepted by the Berkeley \fBlpc\fR program of the same name:
ef416fc2 26.TP 5
6e12033b 27.B exit
ef416fc2 28Exits the command interpreter.
29.TP 5
6e12033b 30\fBhelp \fR[\fIcommand\fR]
bd7854cb 31.TP 5
6e12033b 32\fB? \fR[\fIcommand\fR]
ef416fc2 33Displays a short help message.
34.TP 5
6e12033b 35.B quit
ef416fc2 36Exits the command interpreter.
37.TP 5
6e12033b 38\fBstatus \fR[\fIqueue\fR]
ef416fc2 39Displays the status of one or more printer or class queues.
6e12033b 40.SH NOTES
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41This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future feature release of CUPS.
42.LP
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43Since \fBlpc\fR is geared towards the Berkeley printing system, it is impossible to use \fBlpc\fR to configure printer or class queues provided by CUPS.
44To configure printer or class queues you must use the
45.BR lpadmin (8)
46command or another CUPS-compatible client with that functionality.
ef416fc2 47.SH SEE ALSO
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48.BR cancel (1),
49.BR cupsaccept (8),
50.BR cupsenable (8),
51.BR lp (1),
52.BR lpadmin (8),
53.BR lpr (1),
54.BR lprm (1),
55.BR lpstat (1),
56CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
ef416fc2 57.SH COPYRIGHT
87030afb 58Copyright \[co] 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.