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lp - send requests to an LPRng print service
SYNOPSIS
lp [ -A ] [ -c ] [ -m ] [ -p ] [ -s ] [ -w ] [ -d dest ]
[ -f form-name [ -d any ] ] [ -H special-handling ]
[ -n number ] [ -o option ] [ -P page-list ]
[ -q priority-level ] [ -S character-set [ -d any ] ]
[ -S print-wheel [ -t title ]
[ -T content-type [ -r ] ] [ -y mode-list ]
[ -D debug-options ]
[ file... ]
DESCRIPTION
The LPRng lpr client supports an lp interface when invoked
with the lp program name. This is usually done by making
a symbolic link to the lpr program with the name lp. This
is similar to the ex(1) and vi(1) programs. The supported
form of the lp command arranges for the named file(s) and
associated information (collectively called a request) to
be printed. If no file names are specified on the command
line, the standard input is assumed. The standard input
may be specified along with a named file(s) on the command
line by listing the file name(s) and specifying `-' (dash)
for the standard input. The files will be printed in the
order in which they appear on the shell command line.
The LP print service associates a unique request-ID with
each request and displays it on the standard output. The
job number portion or full request-ID can be used later
with cancel(1) or lprm(1) when canceling a job or when
determining its status. See cancel(1) and lprm(1) for
details about canceling a request, and lpstat(1) and
lpq(1) for information about checking the status of a
print request.
OPTIONS
Options to lp always precede any file names, but may be
specified in any order. The following options are avail-
able for lp:
-A Use authenticated transfer. Note that this
is not a standard lp(1) option but has been
added for compatibilty with LPRng.
-c Make a copy of the file before printing.
(This has no effect as LPRng always sends
jobs immediately to the remote server for
printing.)
-d dest Choose dest as the printer or class of
printers that is to do the printing. By
default, dest is taken from the environment
variable LPDEST (if it is set), and then
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PRINTER . Otherwise, a default destination
(if one exists) for the computer system is
used.
-f form-name Print the request on the form form-name.
The first letter of the form-name option is
used as the LPRng filter format. This is
similar to the lpr -F option.
-H special-handling
These options are ignored.
-m Send mail (see mail(1)) after the files
have been printed. The mail address is
taken from the USER enviroment variable.
By default, no mail is sent upon normal
completion of the print request.
-n number Print number copies (default is 1) of the
output.
-o option Specify printer-dependent options. Several
such options may be collected by specifying
the -o keyletter more than once (-o $option
sub 1$ -o $option sub 2$ ... -o $option sub
n$), or by specifying the -o keyletter fol-
lowed by a list of options enclosed in dou-
ble quotes (that is, -o "$option sub 1$
$option sub 2$ ... $option sub n$"). The
following options have a immediate effect;
other options are passed as a Z line entry
in the control file, i.e. - as an lpr(1)-Z
option.
nobanner Do not print a banner page with
this request. This is the same
as the lpr(1)-h (no header)
option.
width=number
Print this request with page-
width set to number. This is the
same as the lpr(1)-w width
option.
-P page-list Print the pages specified in page-list.
This option is ignored.
-p Enable notification on completion of the
print request. This option is ignored.
-q priority-level
Assign this request priority-level in the
printing queue. The values of priority-
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level range from 0, the highest priority,
to 25, the lowest priority. If a priority
is not specified, the default for the print
service is used, as assigned by the system
administrator. A priority limit may be
assigned to individual users by the system
administrator. The numerical values are
translated to corresponding letter priority
values.
-s Suppress messages from lp such as those
that begin with "request id is..."
-S character-set
-S print-wheel Print this request using the specified
character-set or print-wheel. The options
are passed as an lpr(1)-Z option.
-t title Print title on the banner page of the out-
put. If title is not supplied the name of
the file is printed on the banner page.
Enclose title in quotes if it contains
blanks.
-T content-type [-r]
Print the request on a printer that can
support the specified content-type. The
content-type is passed as an lpr(1)-Z
option.
-w Write a message on the user's terminal
after the files have been printed. This
option is ignored.
-y mode-list Print this request according to the print-
ing modes listed in mode-list. The mode-
list-type is passed as an lpr(1)-Z option.
-D debug-optios
A list of debug options for the program.
These can be a number (debug level) or key-
word and level (flag), such as 9, network,
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network+2, etc.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported by lp:
file A path name of a file to be output. If no
file operands are specified, or if a file
operand is -, the standard input will be
used. The - option must be last in the
list.
ENVIRONMENT
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environ-
ment variables that affect the execution of lp and cancel:
LPDEST Determine the output device or destination.
If the LPDEST environment variable is not
set, the PRINTER environment variable will
be used. The -d dest option takes prece-
dence over LPDEST. Results are undefined
when -d is not specified and LPDEST con-
tains a value that is not a valid device or
destination name.
PRINTER Determine the output device or destination.
If the LPDEST and PRINTER environment vari-
ables are not set, an unspecified output
device is used. The -d dest option and the
LPDEST environment variable takes prece-
dence over PRINTER. Results are undefined
when -d is not specified, LPDEST is unset,
and PRINTER contains a value that is not a
valid device or destination name.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned by lp:
0 All input files were processed success-
fully.
>0 No output device was available, or an error
occurred.
SEE ALSOlpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1),
printcap(5), lpd.perms(5), pr(1).
DIAGNOSTICS
Most of the diagnostics are self explanatory.
If you are puzzled over the exact cause of failure,
set the debugging level on (-D5) and run again.
The debugging information will
help you to pinpoint the exact cause of failure.
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LP(1)LP(1)HISTORY
LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with function-
ality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The LPRng
mailing list is lprng@lprng.com; subscribe by sending mail
to lprng-request@lprng.com with the word subscribe in the
body. The software is available from
ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng.
AUTHOR
Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>.
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