LPR(1)LPR(1)NAMElpr - off line print
SYNOPSISlpr [ -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 ALSOlpq(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.
4th Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 LPR(1)
