LPR(1)LPR(1)NAMElpr - off line print
SYNOPSISlpr [ -A ] [ -b,l ] [ -C class ] [ -D debugopt ]
[ -F filterformat ] [ -h ] [ -i indentcols ]
[ -k ] [ -J job ] [ -K,# copies ]
[ -m mailTo ] [ -P printer ] [ -Q ] [ -r ]
[ -R remoteAccount ] [ -s ] [ -T title ] [ -U user ]
[ -V ] [ -w width ] [ -Z zoptions ] [ -1,2,3,4 font ]
[ filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when
facilities become available. If no names appear, the
standard input is assumed.
OPTIONS-A Use the authenticated transfer facilities if they are
available.
-C class
Specify the job classification for use on the burst
page and to set the priority. Priorities range from
A (lowest) to Z (highest); the default priority is A.
For example,
lpr-C B foo.c
sets the priority/class to B and the file foo.c is
printed.
-D debugoptions
Debugging is controlled using the -D option. This
accepts a comma-separated list of debugging settings.
These settings take one of two forms: facility=value,
or value to set an overall default value.
-F filterformat
Filter or format specification. By default, input is
assumed to a standard text file and the f format is
used; the output device is assmed to be a simple line
printer. Therer are other formats available, listed
below. Not all formats may be available on all
printers; see printcap(5) for details. Formats are
single lower case letters; the following are the
valid arguments for -F together with the assumed type
of data. For compatibility with previous versions of
lpr, the format types can be used as options them-
selves (i.e. by omitting the F) except where noted
below, a warning may be issued in such cases.
-b, -l
either of these flags specifies a binary or lit-
eral file, and no processing is to be done.
Printed using the f format filter, with
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processing suppressed.
-c data produced by cifplot(l).
-d output from tex(l) (DVI format from Stanford).
-g standard plot data as produced by the plot(3X)
routines (see also plot(1G) for the filters used
by the printer spooler).
-n output from (device independent) troff.
-p First use pr(1) to format the files, then print
using f format.
-r The DREADED REMOVE AFTER PRINTING option.
Beware, for lpr will delete the files after
spooling them. Present by demand from users for
compatibility with other Berkeley lpr implemen-
tation, but really should NOT be present.
-t output from troff(1) (originally cat phototype-
setter commands, but now we assume the same as
the n format).
-v a raster image for devices like the Benson Var-
ian.
-h No banner or header for this job.
-i indentcols
Indent input by indentcols. Note that this option is
not supported on all printers.
-J jobname
Specify the job name to print on the burst page;
defaults to the name of the first file in job or
(STDIN) if input is from a pipe.
-k When used as a filter, lpr normally creates a tempo-
rary file for the input read from stdin before send-
ing it to the remote printer. The -k causes the job
to be sent directly to the server. If you kill the
job in the middle of creation, then the partly trans-
ferred file will get printed. This option may not
work with very large jobs or non-LPRng spoolers.
-Kcopies, -#copies
Specify the number of copies of each file to be
printed.
-m mailTo
Send mail upon unsuccessful completion to user
mailTo.
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Output to the specific printer; the default is (in
order of priority) the explictly specified -P value,
the environment variable PRINTER, the first entry in
the printcap information, and the default_printer
entry from the configuration file, and finally the
hard coded (site dependent) default_printer value.
-Q Put the name of the spool queue into the job file.
This information can then be used by the spooling
software to control output format.
-R remoteAccount
Specify accounting information to be used by a remote
system that prints your output.
This parameter can be used to specify a billing code
to be charged for the printing.
-s This flag is included for compatibility with other
versions of lpr. In these versions it will create a
symbolic link to the files to be printed. Lpr now
sends files directly to the server and it is irrele-
vant.
-T title
Specify the title used by pr(1); defaults to the file
name.
-U username
The -U option is used to specify a user name for the
job. This is available only to ROOT or users listed
in the allow_user_setting configuration option. This
is obviously a security loophole, but it is present
to allow systems such as SAMBA to submit jobs on
behalf of users. See Authenticated Transfers below.
-V Verbose mode. Additional -V flags increase verbosity.
Use debug flags for extreme verbosity.
-w width
Specify the page width for printing the job.
-Z zoptions
This option is used to pass options to the print
spooler, and is used when additional or specialized
information must be provided to the spooler.
-1,2,3,4fontname
Specify a font to be mounted on font position i for
TROFF printing (Obsolete).
FILENAMES
By default, if no filenames are specified lpr will read
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stdin and print it.
AUTHENTICATED TRANSFERS
The original LPR network protocol defined in RFC1179 did
not provide for user to server authentication. This is
now supported by LPRng. See the LPRng support documenta-
tion for details on its operation and support.
COMPATIBILITY
The LPRng version of lpr attempts to be functionaly com-
patible with common implementations of lpr. However,
there are some commands and functionality that are delib-
erately missing.
-s Symbolic Links
(Berkeley LPR) This option specified that a symbolic
link to the original data file rather than a copy of
the data file was to be used when spooling jobs.
This opens up a variety of security problems, as well
as being ineffective when printing to a remote host.
FILES
The files used by LPRng are set by values in the printer
configuration file. The following are a commonly used set
of default values.
/etc/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file
/etc/printcap printer description file
/etc/lpd.perms printer permissions
/var/spool/printer* spool directories
/var/spool/printer*/printer lock file for queue control
/var/spool/printer*/control.printer queue control
/var/spool/printer*/active.printer active job
/var/spool/printer*/log.printer log file
SEE ALSOlpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), checkpc(8), lpq(1), lprm(1),
checkpc(8), 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.
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.
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LPR(1)LPR(1)AUTHOR
Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>.
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