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.