4.3BSD-UWisc/man/cat1/lpr.1
LPR(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual LPR(1)
NAME
lpr - off line print
SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -P_p_r_i_n_t_e_r ] [ -#_n_u_m ] [ -C _c_l_a_s_s ] [ -J _j_o_b ] [ -T
_t_i_t_l_e ] [ -i [ _n_u_m_c_o_l_s ]] [ -1234 _f_o_n_t ] [ -w_n_u_m ] [
-pltndgvcfrmhs ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when
facilities become available. If no names appear, the stan-
dard 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 environment
variable PRINTER is used.
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 _p_r(1) to format the files (equivalent to _p_r_i_n_t).
-l Use a filter which allows control characters to be
printed and suppresses page breaks.
-t The files are assumed to contain data from _t_r_o_f_f(1)
(cat phototypesetter commands).
-n The files are assumed to contain data from _d_i_t_r_o_f_f
(device independent troff).
-d The files are assumed to contain data from _t_e_x(l) (DVI
format from Stanford).
-g The files are assumed to contain standard plot data as
produced by the _p_l_o_t(3X) routines (see also _p_l_o_t(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
_c_i_f_p_l_o_t(l).
-f Use a filter which interprets the first character of
each line as a standard FORTRAN carriage control char-
acter.
The remaining single letter options have the following mean-
ing.
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-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 classif-
ication for use on the burst page. For example,
lpr -C EECS foo.c
causes the system name (the name returned by _h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e(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
_p_r(1) instead of the file name.
To get multiple copies of output, use the -#_n_u_m option,
where _n_u_m 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 immediately following number to be
the page width for _p_r.
The -s option will use _s_y_m_l_i_n_k(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.
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The option -1234 Specifies a font to be mounted on font
position _i. The daemon will construct a ._r_a_i_l_m_a_g file
referencing /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_v_f_o_n_t/_n_a_m_e._s_i_z_e.
FILES
/etc/passwd personal identification
/etc/printcap printer capabilities data base
/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), symlink(2), printcap(5), lpc(8),
lpd(8)
DIAGNOSTICS
If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated.
_L_p_r will object to printing binary files. If a user other
than root prints a file and spooling is disabled, _l_p_r will
print a message saying so and will not put jobs in the
queue. If a connection to _l_p_d on the local machine cannot
be made, _l_p_r will say that the daemon cannot be started.
Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon's log file regard-
ing missing spool files by _l_p_d.
BUGS
Fonts for _t_r_o_f_f and _t_e_x reside on the host with the printer.
It is currently not possible to use local font libraries.
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