lpr(1) DG/UX 5.4.2 lpr(1)
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 server (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 server 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.
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
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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 servers
/usr/spool/* directories used for spooling
/usr/spool/*/cf* server control files
/usr/spool/*/df* data files specified in "cf" files
/usr/spool/*/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 on the local machine cannot be made, lpr will say
that the server cannot be started. Diagnostics may be printed in the
server's log file regarding missing spool files by lpd.
SEE ALSO
lpc(1M), lpd(1M), lpq(1), lprm(1), pr(1), symlink(2), printcap(5).
NOTES
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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