lpr(1) — DG/UX 4.30



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     NAME
          lpr - Send print requests to a line printer spooler

     SYNOPSIS
          lpr [ -Pprinter ] [ -#num ] [ -C class ] [ -J job ] [ -T
          title ] [ -i [ numcols ]] [ -wnum ] [ -plrmhs ] [ name ...
          ]

     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, 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 pr(1) to format the files (equivalent to print).

          -l   Use a filter which allows control characters to be
               printed and suppresses page breaks.

          The remaining single letter options have the following
          meaning.

          -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
          classification for 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.

          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.




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          The -T option uses the next argument as the title used by
          pr(1) instead of the file name.

          To get multiple copies of output, use the -#num option,
          where 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.

          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 pr.

          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.

     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.
          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



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          Fonts for troff and tex reside on the host with the printer.
          It is currently not possible to use local font libraries.





















































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