man/lp.man

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  15 .TH lp 1 "CUPS" "16 July 2012" "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 -H hh:mm
 132 .TP 5
 133 -H hold
 134 .TP 5
 135 -H immediate
 136 .TP 5
 137 -H restart
 138 .TP 5
 139 -H resume
 140 .br
 141 Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of \fIimmediate\fR will print
 142 the file immediately, a value of \fIhold\fR will hold the job indefinitely, and
 143 a UTC time value (HH:MM) will hold the job until the specified UTC (not local)
 144 time. Use a value of \fIresume\fR with the \fI-i\fR option to resume a held job.
 145 Use a value of \fIrestart\fR with the \fI-i\fR option to restart
 146 a completed job.
 147 .TP 5
 148 -P page-list
 149 .br
 150 Specifies which pages to print in the document. The list can
 151 contain a list of numbers and ranges (#-#) separated by commas
 152 (e.g. 1,3-5,16). The page numbers refer to the output pages and
 153 not the document's original pages - options like "number-up" can
 154 affect the numbering of the pages.
 155 .SH COMMON JOB OPTIONS
 156 Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
 157 \fIlpoptions(1)\fR command, the following generic options are
 158 available:
 159 .TP 5
 160 -o media=size
 161 .br
 162 Sets the page size to \fIsize\fR. Most printers support at least
 163 the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
 164 .TP 5
 165 -o landscape
 166 .TP 5
 167 -o orientation-requested=4
 168 .br
 169 Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
 170 .TP 5
 171 -o sides=one-sided
 172 .TP 5
 173 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
 174 .TP 5
 175 -o sides=two-sided-short-edge
 176 .br
 177 Prints on one or two sides of the paper. The value
 178 "two-sided-long-edge" is normally used when printing portrait
 179 (unrotated) pages, while "two-sided-short-edge" is used for
 180 landscape pages.
 181 .TP 5
 182 -o fit-to-page
 183 .br
 184 Scales the print file to fit on the page.
 185 .TP 5
 186 -o number-up=2
 187 .TP 5
 188 -o number-up=4
 189 .TP 5
 190 -o number-up=6
 191 .TP 5
 192 -o number-up=9
 193 .TP 5
 194 -o number-up=16
 195 .br
 196 Prints multiple document pages on each output page.
 197 .TP 5
 198 -o cpi=N
 199 .br
 200 Sets the number of characters per inch to use when printing a
 201 text file. The default is 10.
 202 .TP 5
 203 -o lpi=N
 204 .br
 205 Sets the number of lines per inch to use when printing a text
 206 file. The default is 6.
 207 .TP 5
 208 -o page-bottom=N
 209 .TP 5
 210 -o page-left=N
 211 .TP 5
 212 -o page-right=N
 213 .TP 5
 214 -o page-top=N
 215 .br
 216 Sets the page margins when printing text files. The values are in
 217 points - there are 72 points to the inch.
 218 .SH EXAMPLES
 219 Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
 220 .nf
 221     lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
 222 .fi
 223 .LP
 224 Print an image across 4 pages:
 225 .nf
 226     lp -d bar -o scaling=200 filename
 227 .fi
 228 .LP
 229 Print a text file with 12 characters per inch, 8 lines per inch, and
 230 a 1 inch left margin:
 231 .nf
 232     lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename
 233 .fi
 234 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 235 Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to
 236 contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#".
 237 Also, printer and class names are \fInot\fR case-sensitive.
 238 .LP
 239 The "q" option accepts a different range of values than the
 240 Solaris lp command, matching the IPP job priority values (1-100,
 241 100 is highest priority) instead of the Solaris values (0-39, 0
 242 is highest priority).
 243 .SH SEE ALSO
 244 \fIcancel(1)\fR, \fIlpadmin(8)\fR, \fIlpmove(8)\fR, \fIlpoptions(1)\fR,
 245 \fIlpstat(1)\fR,
 246 .br
 247 http://localhost:631/help
 248 .SH COPYRIGHT
 249 Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
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