1.ds VE LPRng-3.9.0
2.TH LPBANNER 1 \*(VE "LPRng"
3.ig
4lpbanner.1,v 3.33 1998/03/29 18:37:49 papowell Exp
5..
6.SH NAME
7lpbanner, pclbanner, psbanner \- printer banners in text, PCL and PostScript
8.SH SYNOPSIS
9.B lpbanner
10[
11.BI \-l length
12] [
13.BI \-w width
14] [
15.BI \-P printer
16] [
17.BI \-L bannername
18] [
19.BI \-n loginname
20] [
21.BI \-h host
22] [
23.BI \-J jobtitle
24] [
25.BI \-C class
26] [
27.BI \-? option
28.BI args
29] [
30all
31]
32.SH DESCRIPTION
33.PP
34The
35.B lpbanner
36program is used to print a simple banner on a fixed size font printer,
37the
38.B pclbanner
39program generates a PCL banner and the
40.B psbanner
41program generates a PostScript banner.
42All information to be printed is passed using command line arguements.
43In order to be compatible with vintage line printer spoolers,
44reads a line form standard input, but ignores the information.
45.SH OPTIONS
46.IP "\fB\-w \fIwidth\fR" 5
47Page width in characters (default 132).
48.IP "\fB\-l \fIlength\fR" 5
49Page length in lines (default 60).
50.IP "\fB\-P \fIprinter\fR" 5
51printer queue for banner information.
52.IP "\fB\-L \fIbannername\fR" 5
53Name used on banner as main name.
54.IP "\fB\-n \fIloginname\fR" 5
55Name used on banner as login name.
56.IP "\fB\-h \fIhost\fR" 5
57Name used on banner as host name.
58.IP "\fB\-J \fIjobtitle\fR" 5
59String used on banner as main title.
60.IP "\fB\-C \fIclass\fR" 5
61String used on banner as class.
62.IP "\fB\-? \fIvalue\fR" 5
63All other options and arguments provided by LPRng are ignored.
64.SH "EXIT STATUS"
65.PP
66The following exit values are returned:
67.TP 15
68.B "zero (0)"
69Successful completion.
70.TP
71.B "non-zero (!=0)"
72An error occurred.
73.SH "SEE ALSO"
74.LP
75lpd.conf(5),
76lpc(8),
77lpd(8),
78checkpc(8),
79lpr(1),
80lpq(1),
81lprm(1),
82printcap(5),
83lpd.conf(5),
84pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).
85.SH "HISTORY"
86LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system
87with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software.
88The LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com;
89subscribe by sending mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with
90the word subscribe in the body.
91The software is available from ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.
92.SH "AUTHOR"
93Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.
94