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ef416fc2 1.\"
fa73b229 2.\" "$Id: lpr.man 4948 2006-01-19 03:23:41Z mike $"
ef416fc2 3.\"
4.\" lpr man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
5.\"
fa73b229 6.\" Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.
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fa73b229 24.TH lpr 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "18 January 2006" "Easy Software Products"
ef416fc2 25.SH NAME
26lpr \- print files
27.SH SYNOPSIS
28.B lpr
fa73b229 29[ -E ] [ -H
30.I hostname[:port]
ef416fc2 31] [ \-U
32.I username
fa73b229 33] [ \-P
34.I destination
ef416fc2 35] [ \-#
36.I num-copies
37[ \-l ] [ \-o
38.I option
39] [ \-p] [ \-r ] [ \-C/J/T
40.I title
41] [
42.I file(s)
43]
44.SH DESCRIPTION
45\fBlpr\fR submits files for printing. Files named on the command line are sent
46to the named printer (or the system default destination if no destination is
47specified). If no files are listed on the command-line \fBlpr\fR reads the
48print file from the standard input.
49.SH OPTIONS
50The following options are recognized by \fBlpr\fR:
51.TP 5
52\-E
53.br
54Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
55.TP 5
56\-P \fIdestination\fR
57.br
58Prints files to the named printer.
59.TP 5
60\-# \fIcopies\fR
61.br
62Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
63.TP 5
64\-C \fIname\fR
65.br
66Sets the job name.
67.TP 5
68\-J \fIname\fR
69.br
70Sets the job name.
71.TP 5
72\-T \fIname\fR
73.br
74Sets the job name.
75.TP 5
76\-U \fIusername\fR
77.br
78Sets the user name.
79.TP 5
80\-l
81.br
82Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the destination and
83should be sent without filtering. This option is equivalent to "-oraw".
84.TP 5
85\-o \fIoption\fR
86.br
87Sets a job option.
88.TP 5
89\-p
90.br
91Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded header with
92the date, time, job name, and page number. This option is equivalent to
93"-oprettyprint" and is only useful when printing text files.
94.TP 5
95\-r
96.br
97Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after printing them.
98.SH COMPATIBILITY
99The "c", "d", "f", "g", "i", "m", "n", "t", "v", and "w" options are not
100supported by CUPS and will produce a warning message if used.
101.SH SEE ALSO
102cancel(1), lp(1), lpstat(1),
fa73b229 103.br
104http://localhost:631/help
ef416fc2 105.SH COPYRIGHT
fa73b229 106Copyright 1993-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
ef416fc2 107.\"
fa73b229 108.\" End of "$Id: lpr.man 4948 2006-01-19 03:23:41Z mike $".
ef416fc2 109.\"