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lp - print files
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ]
[ -d destination[/instance] ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -m ] [ -n num-copies
] [ -o option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -s ] [ -t title ] [ -H handling ]
[ -P page-list ] [ -- ] [ file(s) ]
lp [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -i job-id ] [ -n num-copies
] [ -o option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -t title ] [ -H handling ] [ -P page-list
]
lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use
a filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.
CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The LPDEST
and PRINTER environment variables are consulted first. If neither are set,
the current default set using the lpoptions(1)
command is used, followed
by the default set using the lpadmin(8)
command.
The following options
are recognized by lp:
- --
- Marks the end of options; use this to print a file
whose name begins with a dash (-).
- -E
- Forces encryption when connecting to
the server.
- -U username
- Specifies the username to use when connecting to
the server.
- -c
- This option is provided for backwards-compatibility only. On
systems that support it, this option forces the print file to be copied
to the spool directory before printing. In CUPS, print files are always
sent to the scheduler via IPP which has the same effect.
- -d destination
- Prints
files to the named printer.
- -h hostname[:port]
- Chooses an alternate server.
- -i job-id
- Specifies an existing job to modify.
- -m
- Sends an email when the job
is completed.
- -n copies
- Sets the number of copies to print.
- -o "name=value
[ ... name=value ]"
- Sets one or more job options.
- -q priority
- Sets the job priority
from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The default priority is 50.
- -s
- Do not report
the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
- -t "name"
- Sets the job name.
- -H hh:mm
- -H hold
- -H immediate
- -H restart
- -H resume
- Specifies when the job should be
printed. A value of immediate will print the file immediately, a value of
hold will hold the job indefinitely, and a UTC time value (HH:MM) will
hold the job until the specified UTC (not local) time. Use a value of resume
with the -i option to resume a held job. Use a value of restart with the
-i option to restart a completed job.
- -P page-list
- Specifies which pages to
print in the document. The list can contain a list of numbers and ranges
(#-#) separated by commas, e.g., "1,3-5,16". The page numbers refer to the output
pages and not the document’s original pages - options like "number-up" can
affect the numbering of the pages.
Aside from the printer-specific
options reported by the lpoptions(1)
command, the following generic options
are available:
- -o media=size
- Sets the page size to size. Most printers support
at least the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
- -o orientation-requested=4
- Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
- -o sides=one-sided
- Prints
on one side of the paper.
- -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
- Prints on both sides
of the paper for portrait output.
- -o sides=two-sided-short-edge
- Prints on both
sides of the paper for landscape output.
- -o fit-to-page
- Scales the print file
to fit on the page.
- -o number-up={2|4|6|9|16}
- Prints 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 document
(input) pages on each output page.
Unlike the System V printing
system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except
SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". Also, printer and class names are not case-sensitive.
The -q option accepts a different range of values than the Solaris lp command,
matching the IPP job priority values (1-100, 100 is highest priority) instead
of the Solaris values (0-39, 0 is highest priority).
Print two copies
of a document to the default printer:
lp -n 2 filename
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
Print a presentation document 2-up to a printer called "foo":
lp -d foo -o number-up=2 filename
cancel(1)
, lpadmin(8)
, lpoptions(1)
, lpq(1)
, lpr(1)
, lprm(1)
, lpstat(1)
,
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
Copyright [co] 2007-2014
by Apple Inc.
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