man/lpoptions.man.in

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   4 .\"   lpoptions man page for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
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  24 .TH lpoptions 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "12 February 2006" "Easy Software Products"
  25 .SH NAME
  26 lpoptions \- display or set printer options and defaults
  27 .SH SYNOPSIS
  28 .B lpoptions
  29 [ -E ] [ -U
  30 .I username
  31 ] [ -h
  32 .I server[:port]
  33 ] -d
  34 .I destination[/instance]
  35 [ -o
  36 .I option[=value]
  37 ] ... [ -o
  38 .I option[=value]
  39 ]
  40 .br
  41 .B lpoptions
  42 [ -E ] [ -U
  43 .I username
  44 ] [ -h
  45 .I server[:port]
  46 ] [ -p
  47 .I destination[/instance]
  48 ] -l
  49 .br
  50 .B lpoptions
  51 [ -E ] [ -U
  52 .I username
  53 ] [ -h
  54 .I server[:port]
  55 ] [ -o
  56 .I option[=value]
  57 ] ... [ -o
  58 .I option[=value]
  59 ] [ -p
  60 .I destination[/instance]
  61 ] -r
  62 .I option
  63 .br
  64 .B lpoptions
  65 [ -E ] [ -U
  66 .I username
  67 ] [ -h
  68 .I server[:port]
  69 ] -x
  70 .I destination[/instance]
  71 .SH DESCRIPTION
  72 \fIlpoptions\fR displays or sets printer options and defaults.
  73 \fIlpoptions\fR shows the default printer options when run with no
  74 arguments. Other options include:
  75 .TP 5
  76 -E
  77 .br
  78 Enables encryption when communicating with the CUPS server.
  79 .TP 5
  80 -U username
  81 .br
  82 Uses an alternate username.
  83 .TP 5
  84 -d destination[/instance]
  85 .br
  86 Sets the default printer to \fIdestination\fR. If \fIinstance\fR
  87 is supplied then that particular instance is used. This option
  88 overrides the system default printer for the current user.
  89 .TP 5
  90 -h server[:port]
  91 .br
  92 Uses an alternate server.
  93 .TP 5
  94 -l
  95 .br
  96 Lists the printer specific options and their current settings.
  97 .TP 5
  98 -o option[=value]
  99 .br
 100 Specifies a new option for the named destination.
 101 .TP 5
 102 -p destination[/instance]
 103 .br
 104 Sets the destination and instance, if specified, for any options
 105 that follow. If the named instance does not exist then it is
 106 created.
 107 .TP 5
 108 -r option
 109 .br
 110 Removes the specified option for the named destination.
 111 .TP 5
 112 -x destination[/instance]
 113 .br
 114 Removes the options for the named destination and instance, if
 115 specified. If the named instance does not exist then this does
 116 nothing.
 117 .LP
 118 If no options are specified using the \fI-o\fR option, then the
 119 current options for the named printer are reported on the
 120 standard output.
 121 .LP
 122 Options set with the \fIlpoptions\fR command are used by the
 123 \fIlp(1)\fR and \fIlpr(1)\fR commands when submitting jobs.
 124 .SH ROOT ACCOUNT OPTIONS
 125 When run by the root user, \fIlpoptions\fR gets and sets default
 126 options and instances for \fIall users\fR in the
 127 /etc/cups/lpoptions file.
 128 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 129 The \fIlpoptions\fR command is unique to CUPS.
 130 .SH FILES
 131 ~/.cups/lpoptions - user defaults and instances created by non-root
 132 users.
 133 .br
 134 @CUPS_SERVERROOT@/lpoptions - system-wide defaults and instances
 135 created by the root user.
 136 .SH SEE ALSO
 137 \fIcancel(1)\fR, \fIlp(1)\fR, \fIlpr(1)\fR,
 138 .br
 139 http://localhost:631/help
 140 .SH COPYRIGHT
 141 Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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