LPR(1) BSD Reference Manual LPR(1)NAMElpr - off line print
SYNOPSISlpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-Pprinter] [-#num] [-C class] [-J job] [-T title]
[-U user] [-i [numcols]] [-1234 font] [-wnum] [name ...]
DESCRIPTIONlpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities be-
come available. If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.
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.
-c The files are assumed to contain data produced by cifplot.
-d The files are assumed to contain data from tex (DVI format from
Stanford).
-f Use a filter which interprets the first character of each line as
a standard FORTRAN carriage control character.
-g The files are assumed to contain standard plot data as produced
by the plot routines (see also plot for the filters used by the
printer spooler).
-l Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and
suppresses page breaks.
-n The files are assumed to contain data from ditroff (device in-
dependent troff).
-p Use pr(1) to format the files.
-t The files are assumed to contain data from troff(1) (cat photo-
typesetter commands).
-v The files are assumed to contain a raster image for devices like
the Benson Varian.
These options apply to the handling of the print job:
-P Force output to a specific printer. Normally, the default printer
is used (site dependent), or the value of the environment vari-
able PRINTER is used.
-h Suppress the printing of the burst page.
-m Send mail upon completion.
-q Queue the print job but do not start the spooling daemon.
-r Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of
printing (with the -s option).
-s Use symbolic links. Usually files are copied to the spool direc-
tory. The -s option will use symlink(2) to link data files rather
than trying to copy them so large files can be printed. This
means the files should not be modified or removed until they have
been printed.
The remaining options apply to copies, the page display, and headers:
-#num The quantity 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. Often a
site will disable this feature to encourage use of a photocopier
instead.
-[1234]font
Specifies a font to be mounted on font position i. The daemon
will construct a .railmag file referencing the font pathname.
-C class
Job classification to 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.
-J job Job name to print on the burst page. Normally, the first file's
name is used.
-T title
Title name for pr(1), instead of the file name.
-U user
User name to print on the burst page, also for accounting pur-
poses. This option is only honored if the real user ID is daemon
(or that specified in the printcap file instead of daemon), and
is intended for those instances where print filters wish to re-
queue jobs.
-i [numcols]
The output is indented. If the next argument is numeric
(numcols), it is used as the number of blanks to be printed be-
fore each line; otherwise, 8 characters are printed.
-w num Uses num as the page width for pr(1).
ENVIRONMENT
If the following environment variable exists, it is used by lpr:
PRINTER Specifies an alternate default printer.
FILES
/etc/passwd local users database
/etc/printcap printer capabilities database
/usr/sbin/lpd* line printer daemons
/var/spool/output/* directories used for spooling
/var/spool/output/*/cf* daemon control files
/var/spool/output/*/df* data files specified in "cf" files
/var/spool/output/*/tf* temporary copies of "cf" files
DIAGNOSTICS
If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated. 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(8) 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(8).
SEE ALSOlpq(1), lprm(1), pr(1), symlink(2), printcap(5), lpc(8), lpd(8)HISTORY
The lpr command appeared in 3BSD.
BUGS
Fonts for troff(1) and tex reside on the host with the printer. It is
currently not possible to use local font libraries.
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