man/lp.man

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  15 .TH lp 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "29 August 2008" "Apple Inc."
  16 .SH NAME
  17 lp - print files
  18 .SH SYNOPSIS
  19 .B lp
  20 [ -E ] [ -U
  21 .I username
  22 ] [ -c ] [ -d
  23 .I destination[/instance]
  24 ] [ -h
  25 .I hostname[:port]
  26 ] [ -m ] [ -n
  27 .I num-copies
  28 ] [ -o
  29 .I option[=value]
  30 ] [ -q
  31 .I priority
  32 ] [ -s ] [ -t
  33 .I title
  34 ] [ -H
  35 .I handling
  36 ] [ -P
  37 .I page-list
  38 ] [ -- ] [
  39 .I file(s)
  40 ]
  41 .br
  42 .B lp
  43 [ -E ] [ -U
  44 .I username
  45 ] [ -c ] [ -h
  46 .I hostname[:port]
  47 ] [ -i
  48 .I job-id
  49 ] [ -n
  50 .I num-copies
  51 ] [ -o
  52 .I option[=value]
  53 ] [ -q
  54 .I priority
  55 ] [ -t
  56 .I title
  57 ] [ -H
  58 .I handling
  59 ] [ -P
  60 .I page-list
  61 ]
  62 .SH DESCRIPTION
  63 \fIlp\fR submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use
  64 a filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.
  65 .SH THE DEFAULT DESTINATION
  66 CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The "LPDEST" and
  67 "PRINTER" environment variables are consulted first. If neither are set,
  68 the current default set using the \fIlpoptions(1)\fR command is used,
  69 followed by the default set using the \fIlpadmin(8)\fR command.
  70 .SH OPTIONS
  71 The following options are recognized by \fIlp\fR:
  72 .TP 5
  73 --
  74 .br
  75 Marks the end of options; use this to print a file whose name
  76 begins with a dash (-).
  77 .TP 5
  78 -E
  79 .br
  80 Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
  81 .TP 5
  82 -U username
  83 .br
  84 Specifies the username to use when connecting to the server.
  85 .TP 5
  86 -c
  87 .br
  88 This option is provided for backwards-compatibility only. On
  89 systems that support it, this option forces the print file to be
  90 copied to the spool directory before printing. In CUPS, print
  91 files are always sent to the scheduler via IPP which has the
  92 same effect.
  93 .TP 5
  94 -d destination
  95 .br
  96 Prints files to the named printer.
  97 .TP 5
  98 -h hostname[:port]
  99 .br
 100 Chooses an alternate server.
 101 .TP 5
 102 -i job-id
 103 .br
 104 Specifies an existing job to modify.
 105 .TP 5
 106 -m
 107 .br
 108 Sends an email when the job is completed.
 109 .TP 5
 110 -n copies
 111 .br
 112 Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
 113 .TP 5
 114 -o "name=value [name=value ...]"
 115 .br
 116 Sets one or more job options.
 117 .TP 5
 118 -q priority
 119 .br
 120 Sets the job priority from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The
 121 default priority is 50.
 122 .TP 5
 123 -s
 124 .br
 125 Do not report the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
 126 .TP 5
 127 -t "name"
 128 .br
 129 Sets the job name.
 130 .TP 5
 131 -u username
 132 .br
 133 Submits jobs as \fIusername\fR.
 134 .TP 5
 135 -H hh:mm
 136 .TP 5
 137 -H hold
 138 .TP 5
 139 -H immediate
 140 .TP 5
 141 -H restart
 142 .TP 5
 143 -H resume
 144 .br
 145 Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of
 146 \fIimmediate\fR will print the file immediately, a value of
 147 \fIhold\fR will hold the job indefinitely, and a time value
 148 (HH:MM) will hold the job until the specified time. Use a value
 149 of \fIresume\fR with the \fI-i\fR option to resume a held job.
 150 Use a value of \fIrestart\fR with the \fI-i\fR option to restart
 151 a completed job.
 152 .TP 5
 153 -P page-list
 154 .br
 155 Specifies which pages to print in the document. The list can
 156 contain a list of numbers and ranges (#-#) separated by commas
 157 (e.g. 1,3-5,16).
 158 .SH COMMON JOB OPTIONS
 159 Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
 160 \fIlpoptions(1)\fR command, the following generic options are
 161 available:
 162 .TP 5
 163 -o media=size
 164 .br
 165 Sets the page size to \fIsize\fR. Most printers support at least
 166 the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
 167 .TP 5
 168 -o landscape
 169 .TP 5
 170 -o orientation-requested=4
 171 .br
 172 Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
 173 .TP 5
 174 -o sides=one-sided
 175 .TP 5
 176 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
 177 .TP 5
 178 -o sides=two-sided-short-edge
 179 .br
 180 Prints on one or two sides of the paper. The value
 181 "two-sided-long-edge" is normally used when printing portrait
 182 (unrotated) pages, while "two-sided-short-edge" is used for
 183 landscape pages.
 184 .TP 5
 185 -o fitplot
 186 .br
 187 Scales the print file to fit on the page.
 188 .TP 5
 189 -o scaling=number
 190 .br
 191 Scales image files to use up to \fInumber\fR percent of the page.
 192 Values greater than 100 cause the image file to be printed across
 193 multiple pages.
 194 .TP 5
 195 -o cpi=N
 196 .br
 197 Sets the number of characters per inch to use when printing a
 198 text file. The default is 10.
 199 .TP 5
 200 -o lpi=N
 201 .br
 202 Sets the number of lines per inch to use when printing a text
 203 file. The default is 6.
 204 .TP 5
 205 -o page-bottom=N
 206 .TP 5
 207 -o page-left=N
 208 .TP 5
 209 -o page-right=N
 210 .TP 5
 211 -o page-top=N
 212 .br
 213 Sets the page margins when printing text files. The values are in
 214 points - there are 72 points to the inch.
 215 .SH EXAMPLES
 216 Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
 217 .nf
 218     lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
 219 .fi
 220 .LP
 221 Print an image across 4 pages:
 222 .nf
 223     lp -d bar -o scaling=200 filename
 224 .fi
 225 .LP
 226 Print a text file with 12 characters per inch, 8 lines per inch, and
 227 a 1 inch left margin:
 228 .nf
 229     lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename
 230 .fi
 231 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 232 Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to
 233 contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#".
 234 Also, printer and class names are \fInot\fR case-sensitive.
 235 .LP
 236 The "q" option accepts a different range of values than the
 237 Solaris lp command, matching the IPP job priority values (1-100,
 238 100 is highest priority) instead of the Solaris values (0-39, 0
 239 is highest priority).
 240 .SH SEE ALSO
 241 \fIcancel(1)\fR, \fIlpadmin(8)\fR, \fIlpmove(8)\fR, \fIlpoptions(1)\fR,
 242 \fIlpstat(1)\fR,
 243 .br
 244 http://localhost:631/help
 245 .SH COPYRIGHT
 246 Copyright 2007-2008 by Apple Inc.
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 248 .\" End of "$Id: lp.man 7889 2008-08-29 22:03:35Z mike $".
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