man/lpr.man

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  24 .TH lpr 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "12 February 2006" "Easy Software Products"
  25 .SH NAME
  26 lpr \- print files
  27 .SH SYNOPSIS
  28 .B lpr
  29 [ -E ] [ -H
  30 .I server[:port]
  31 ] [ -U
  32 .I username
  33 ] [ -P
  34 .I destination[/instance]
  35 ] [ -#
  36 .I num-copies
  37 [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -o
  38 .I option[=value]
  39 ] [ -p] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -C/J/T
  40 .I title
  41 ] [
  42 .I file(s)
  43 ]
  44 .SH DESCRIPTION
  45 \fIlpr\fR submits files for printing. Files named on the command
  46 line are sent to the named printer (or the system default
  47 destination if no destination is specified). If no files are
  48 listed on the command-line, \fIlpr\fR reads the print file from
  49 the standard input.
  50 .SH OPTIONS
  51 The following options are recognized by \fIlpr\fR:
  52 .TP 5
  53 -E
  54 .br
  55 Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
  56 .TP 5
  57 -H server[:port]
  58 .br
  59 Specifies an alternate server.
  60 .TP 5
  61 -C "name"
  62 .TP 5
  63 -J "name"
  64 .TP 5
  65 -T "name"
  66 .br
  67 Sets the job name.
  68 .TP 5
  69 -P destination[/instance]
  70 .br
  71 Prints files to the named printer.
  72 .TP 5
  73 -U username
  74 .br
  75 Specifies an alternate username.
  76 .TP 5
  77 -# \fIcopies\fR
  78 .br
  79 Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
  80 .TP 5
  81 -h
  82 .br
  83 Disables banner printing. This option is equivalent to "-o
  84 job-sheets=none".
  85 .TP 5
  86 -l
  87 .br
  88 Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the
  89 destination and should be sent without filtering. This option is
  90 equivalent to "-o raw".
  91 .TP 5
  92 -m
  93 .br
  94 Send an email on job completion.
  95 .TP 5
  96 -o option[=value]
  97 .br
  98 Sets a job option.
  99 .TP 5
 100 -p
 101 .br
 102 Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded
 103 header with the date, time, job name, and page number. This
 104 option is equivalent to "-o prettyprint" and is only useful when
 105 printing text files.
 106 .TP 5
 107 -q
 108 .br
 109 Hold job for printing.
 110 .TP 5
 111 -r
 112 .br
 113 Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after
 114 printing them.
 115 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 116 The "c", "d", "f", "g", "i", "n", "t", "v", and "w" options
 117 are not supported by CUPS and produce a warning message if used.
 118 .SH SEE ALSO
 119 \fIcancel(1)\fR, \fIlp(1)\fR, \fIlpq(1)\fR, \fIlprm(1)\fR,
 120 \fIlpstat(1)\fR,
 121 .br
 122 http://localhost:631/help
 123 .SH COPYRIGHT
 124 Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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