LPR(1) BSD LPR(1)
NAME
lpr - print files offline
SYNOPSIS
lpr [ options ] [ file(s) ]
DESCRIPTION
lpr 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, lpr uses the default printer (site dependent), or the printer
specified by the value of the environment variable PRINTER.
OPTIONS
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 Assume the files contain data from troff(1) (phototypesetter
commands).
-n Assume the files contain data from ditroff (device
independent troff).
-d Assume the files contain data in DVI (Stanford) format.
-g Assume the files contain standard plot data as produced by
the plot(3X) routines (see also plot(1G) for the filters used
by the printer spooler).
-v Assume the files contain a raster image for devices like the
Benson Varian.
-c Assume the files contain data produced by cifplot(l).
-f Use a filter which interprets the first character of each
line as a standard FORTRAN carriage control character.
The remaining single letter options have the following meanings:
-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.
-Pprinter Force output to print on printer.
-C class Use class as a job classification to print on the burst page.
-J job Take the following argument (job) as the job name to print on
the burst page. Normally, the first file's name is used.
-T title Make pr(1) use title as the title instead of the file name.
-#num Print multiple copies of output. The num argument is the
number of copies desired of each file named.
-i[numcols] Indent the output. If the next argument is numeric, it is
used as the number of blanks to be printed before each line;
otherwise, eight characters are printed.
-wnum Takes num as the page width for pr.
-s 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.
-1234 font Specifies a font to be mounted on font position i (i equals 1
through 4). The daemon will construct a .railmag file
referencing /usr/lib/vfont/name.size.
EXAMPLES
The command
lpr -C EECS foo.c
replaces the system name (the name returned by hostname(1)) on the burst
page by EECS, and prints the file foo.c.
The command
lpr -#3 foo.c bar.c more.c
results in three 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
prints three copies of the concatenation of the files.
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), prf(1), symlink(2), printcap(5), lpc(8), lpd(8)
DIAGNOSTICS
If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated. lpr 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.