man/lp.man

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   4 .\"   lp man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
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  15 .TH lp 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "23 March 2006" "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 OPTIONS
  66 The following options are recognized by \fIlp\fR:
  67 .TP 5
  68 --
  69 .br
  70 Marks the end of options; use this to print a file whose name
  71 begins with a dash (-).
  72 .TP 5
  73 -E
  74 .br
  75 Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
  76 .TP 5
  77 -U username
  78 .br
  79 Specifies the username to use when connecting to the server.
  80 .TP 5
  81 -c
  82 .br
  83 This option is provided for backwards-compatibility only. On
  84 systems that support it, this option forces the print file to be
  85 copied to the spool directory before printing. In CUPS, print
  86 files are always sent to the scheduler via IPP which has the
  87 same effect.
  88 .TP 5
  89 -d destination
  90 .br
  91 Prints files to the named printer.
  92 .TP 5
  93 -h hostname[:port]
  94 .br
  95 Chooses an alternate server.
  96 .TP 5
  97 -i job-id
  98 .br
  99 Specifies an existing job to modify.
 100 .TP 5
 101 -m
 102 .br
 103 Sends an email when the job is completed.
 104 .TP 5
 105 -n copies
 106 .br
 107 Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
 108 .TP 5
 109 -o "name=value [name=value ...]"
 110 .br
 111 Sets one or more job options.
 112 .TP 5
 113 -q priority
 114 .br
 115 Sets the job priority from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The
 116 default priority is 50.
 117 .TP 5
 118 -s
 119 .br
 120 Do not report the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
 121 .TP 5
 122 -t "name"
 123 .br
 124 Sets the job name.
 125 .TP 5
 126 -u username
 127 .br
 128 Submits jobs as \fIusername\fR.
 129 .TP 5
 130 -H hh:mm
 131 .TP 5
 132 -H hold
 133 .TP 5
 134 -H immediate
 135 .TP 5
 136 -H restart
 137 .TP 5
 138 -H resume
 139 .br
 140 Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of
 141 \fIimmediate\fR will print the file immediately, a value of
 142 \fIhold\fR will hold the job indefinitely, and a time value
 143 (HH:MM) will hold the job until the specified time. Use a value
 144 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).
 153 .SH COMMON JOB OPTIONS
 154 Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
 155 \fIlpoptions(1)\fR command, the following generic options are
 156 available:
 157 .TP 5
 158 -o media=size
 159 .br
 160 Sets the page size to \fIsize\fR. Most printers support at least
 161 the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
 162 .TP 5
 163 -o landscape
 164 .TP 5
 165 -o orientation-requested=4
 166 .br
 167 Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
 168 .TP 5
 169 -o sides=one-sided
 170 .TP 5
 171 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
 172 .TP 5
 173 -o sides=two-sided-short-edge
 174 .br
 175 Prints on one or two sides of the paper. The value
 176 "two-sided-long-edge" is normally used when printing portrait
 177 (unrotated) pages, while "two-sided-short-edge" is used for
 178 landscape pages.
 179 .TP 5
 180 -o fitplot
 181 .br
 182 Scales the print file to fit on the page.
 183 .TP 5
 184 -o scaling=number
 185 .br
 186 Scales image files to use up to \fInumber\fR percent of the page.
 187 Values greater than 100 cause the image file to be printed across
 188 multiple pages.
 189 .TP 5
 190 -o cpi=N
 191 .br
 192 Sets the number of characters per inch to use when printing a
 193 text file. The default is 10.
 194 .TP 5
 195 -o lpi=N
 196 .br
 197 Sets the number of lines per inch to use when printing a text
 198 file. The default is 6.
 199 .TP 5
 200 -o page-bottom=N
 201 .TP 5
 202 -o page-left=N
 203 .TP 5
 204 -o page-right=N
 205 .TP 5
 206 -o page-top=N
 207 .br
 208 Sets the page margins when printing text files. The values are in
 209 points - there are 72 points to the inch.
 210 .SH EXAMPLES
 211 Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
 212 .nf
 213     lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
 214 .fi
 215 .LP
 216 Print an image across 4 pages:
 217 .nf
 218     lp -d bar -o scaling=200 filename
 219 .fi
 220 .LP
 221 Print a text file with 12 characters per inch, 8 lines per inch, and
 222 a 1 inch left margin:
 223 .nf
 224     lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename
 225 .fi
 226 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 227 Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to
 228 contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#".
 229 Also, printer and class names are \fInot\fR case-sensitive.
 230 .LP
 231 The "q" option accepts a different range of values than the
 232 Solaris lp command, matching the IPP job priority values (1-100,
 233 100 is highest priority) instead of the Solaris values (0-39, 0
 234 is highest priority).
 235 .SH SEE ALSO
 236 \fIcancel(1)\fR, \fIlpmove(8)\fR, \fIlpoptions(1)\fR, \fIlpstat(1)\fR,
 237 .br
 238 http://localhost:631/help
 239 .SH COPYRIGHT
 240 Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc.
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