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32 .\" From @(#)lpr.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
43 .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer
50 .Op Fl Z Ar daemon-options
58 uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities
59 become available. If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.
61 The following single letter options are used to notify the line printer
62 spooler that the files are not standard text files.
63 The spooling daemon will
64 use the appropriate filters to print the data accordingly.
65 Note that not all spoolers implement filters for all data types,
66 and some sites may use these types for other purposes than the ones
68 .Bl -tag -width indent
70 The files are assumed to contain data in
76 Use a filter which interprets the first character of each line as a
79 carriage control character.
81 Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and suppresses
89 The following options are historical and not directly supported by any
92 .Bl -tag -width indent
94 The files are assumed to contain data produced by
97 The files are assumed to contain standard plot data as produced by the
102 The files are assumed to contain data from
104 (device independent troff).
106 The files are assumed to contain
108 phototypesetter commands from ancient versions of
112 The files are assumed to contain a raster image for devices like the
116 These options apply to the handling of
118 .Bl -tag -width indent
120 Force output to a specific printer. Normally,
121 the default printer is used (site dependent), or the value of the
126 Suppress the printing of the burst page.
128 Send mail upon completion.
130 Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of
135 Use symbolic links. Usually files are copied to the spool directory.
140 to link data files rather than trying to copy them so large files can be
141 printed. This means the files should
142 not be modified or removed until they have been printed.
145 The remaining options apply to copies, the page display, and headers:
146 .Bl -tag -width indent
150 is the number of copies desired of each file named. For example,
151 .Bd -literal -offset indent
152 lpr \-#3 foo.c bar.c more.c
154 would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies
155 of the file bar.c, etc. On the other hand,
156 .Bd -literal -offset indent
157 cat foo.c bar.c more.c \&| lpr \-#3
160 will give three copies of the concatenation of the files.
162 a site will disable this feature to encourage use of a photocopier
165 .Fl Ns Oo Cm 1234 Oc Ar font
169 to be mounted on font position
178 to use on the burst page. For example,
179 .Bd -literal -offset indent
183 causes the system name (the name returned by
185 to be replaced on the burst page by
187 and the file foo.c to be printed.
189 Job name to print on the burst page.
190 Normally, the first file's name is used.
194 specified as argument instead of one found in environment.
195 (Only effective when filtering through
197 is requested using the
203 instead of the file name.
205 User name to print on the burst page,
206 also for accounting purposes.
207 This option is only honored if the real user-id is daemon
208 (or that specified in the printcap file instead of daemon),
209 and is intended for those instances where print filters wish to requeue jobs.
210 .It Fl Z Ar daemon-options
211 Some spoolers, such as
213 accept additional per-job options using a
221 is not requested, the specified
223 will be passed to the remote
227 The output is indented by
232 as the page width for
236 If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
238 .Bl -tag -width PRINTER
240 Specifies an alternate default printer.
243 .Bl -tag -width /var/spool/output/*/tf* -compact
245 Personal identification.
247 Printer capabilities data base.
249 Line printer daemons.
250 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*
251 Directories used for spooling.
252 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/cf*
253 Daemon control files.
254 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/df*
255 Data files specified in "cf" files.
256 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/tf*
257 Temporary copies of "cf" files.
273 If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated.
275 will object to printing binary files.
276 If a user other than root prints a file and spooling is disabled,
278 will print a message saying so and will not put jobs in the queue.
281 on the local machine cannot be made,
283 will say that the daemon cannot be started.
284 Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon's log file
285 regarding missing spool files by
292 reside on the host with the printer.
293 It is currently not possible to
294 use local font libraries.
298 control file line is used for two different purposes; for
302 it specifies a locale to be passed to
307 it specifies additional options to be interpreted by the spooler's
308 input and output filters.
309 When submitting jobs via
313 is used in the former context, and
314 .Fl Z Ar daemon-options
315 is used in the latter.