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lpbanner - text banner
pclbanner - pcl format banner
psbanner - PostScript format banner
SYNOPSIS
lpbanner [ -llength ] [ -wwidth ] [ -Pprinter ] [ -Lban-
nername ] [ -nloginname ] [ -hhost ] [ -Jjobtitle ] [
-Cclass ] [ -?option args ] [ all ]
DESCRIPTION
The lpbanner program is used to print a simple banner on a
fixed size font printer, the pclbanner program generates a
PCL banner and the psbanner program generates a PostScript
banner. All information to be printed is passed using
command line arguements. In order to be compatible with
vintage line printer spoolers, reads a line form standard
input, but ignores the information.
OPTIONS-w width
Page width in characters (default 132).
-l length
Page length in lines (default 60).
-P printer
printer queue for banner information.
-L bannername
Name used on banner as main name.
-n loginname
Name used on banner as login name.
-h host
Name used on banner as host name.
-J jobtitle
String used on banner as main title.
-C class
String used on banner as class.
-? value
All other options and arguments provided by LPRng are
ignored.
SEE ALSOlpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), checkpc(8), lpr(1), lpq(1),
lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd.conf(5), pr(1).
HISTORY
LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with
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functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The
LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com; subscribe by send-
ing mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with the word sub-
scribe in the body. The software is available from
ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng.
AUTHOR
Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com>.
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