Manual page for LPR(1)
lpr - off line print
SYNOPSIS
lpr
[
-Pprinter
] [
-#num
] [
-C
class
] [
-J
job
] [
-T
title
] [
-i
[
numcols
]] [
-1234
font
]
[
-wnum
] [
-pltndgvcfrmhs
] [
name ...
]
DESCRIPTION
The
lpr
command
uses a spooling daemon
to print the named files when facilities become available.
If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.
The
-P
option may be used to force output to a specific printer.
Normally,
the default printer is used (site dependent),
or the value of the
default variable Printer owned by System is used.
Note that a printer specification
given as an
environment variable
will be ignored.
The following single letter options
are used to notify the line printer spooler
that the files are not standard text files.
The spooling daemon will
use the appropriate filters to print the data accordingly.
- -p
-
Use
pr.1
to format the files (equivalent to
print).
- -l
-
Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and suppresses
page breaks.
- -t
-
The files are assumed to contain data from
troff.1
(cat phototypesetter commands).
- -n
-
The files are assumed to contain data from
ditroff
(device independent troff).
- -d
-
The files are assumed to contain data from
tex(l)
(DVI format from Stanford).
- -g
-
The files are assumed to contain standard plot data
as produced by the
plot.3x
routines (see also
plot.1g
for the filters used by the printer spooler).
- -v
-
The files are assumed to contain
a raster image for devices like the Benson Varian.
- -c
-
The files are assumed to contain data produced by
R cifplot (l).
- -f
-
Use a filter that interprets
the first character of each line as
a standard FORTRAN carriage control character.
The remaining single letter options have the following meaning.
- -r
-
Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of
printing (with the -s option).
- -m
-
Send mail upon completion.
- -h
-
Suppress the printing of the burst page.
- -s
-
Use symbolic links.
Usually files are copied to the spool directory.
The
-C
option takes the following argument as a job classification
for use on the burst page.
For example,
lpr -C EECS foo.c
causes the system name (the name returned by
hostname.1
to be replaced on the burst page by EECS,
and the file foo.c to be printed.
The
-J
option takes the following argument as the job name to print on the burst page.
Normally, the first file's name is used.
The
-T
option uses the next argument as the title used by
pr.1
instead of the file name.
To get multiple copies of output, use the
-#num
option,
where
num
is the number of copies desired of each file named.
For example,
lpr -#3 foo.c bar.c more.c
would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies
of the file bar.c, etc.
On the other hand,
cat foo.c bar.c more.c | lpr -#3
will give three copies of the concatenation of the files.
The
-i
option causes the output to be indented.
If the next argument is numeric,
it is used as the number of blanks to be printed
before each line;
otherwise, 8 characters are printed.
The
-w
option takes the number immediately following as the page width
for
pr.
The
-s
option will use
symlink.2
to link data files
rather than trying to copy them
so large files can be printed.
When using the
-s
option,
the files should
not be modified or removed
until they have been printed.
The option
-1234
Specifies a font to be mounted on font position i.
The daemon
will construct a .railmag file referencing
/usr/lib/vfont/name.size.
FILES
/etc/passwd personal identification
/etc/printcap printer capabilities data base - if NetInfo is not running.
/usr/lib/lpd* line printer daemons
/usr/spool/* directories used for spooling
/usr/spool/*/cf* daemon control files
/usr/spool/*/df* data files specified in "cf" files
/usr/spool/*/tf* temporary copies of "cf" files
SEE ALSO
lpq(1),
lprm(1),
pr(1),
netinfo(5),
symlink(2),
printcap(5),
lpc(8),
lpd(8)
DIAGNOSTICS
If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated.
The
lpr
command
will object to printing binary files.
If a user other than root prints a file and spooling is disabled,
lpr
will print a message saying so,
and will not put jobs in the queue.
If a connection to
lpd
on the local machine cannot be made,
lpr
will say that the daemon cannot be started.
Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon's log file
regarding missing spool files by
lpd.
BUGS
Fonts for
troff
and
tex
reside on the host with the printer.
It is currently not possible to
use local font libraries.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved.
Last modified 11/5/97
