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 \- text banner
8.br
9pclbanner \- pcl format banner
10.br
11psbanner \- PostScript format banner
12.SH SYNOPSIS
13.B lpbanner
14[
15.BI \-l length
16] [
17.BI \-w width
18] [
19.BI \-P printer
20] [
21.BI \-L bannername
22] [
23.BI \-n loginname
24] [
25.BI \-h host
26] [
27.BI \-J jobtitle
28] [
29.BI \-C class
30] [
31.BI \-? option
32.BI args
33] [
34all
35]
36.SH DESCRIPTION
37.PP
38The
39.B lpbanner
40program is used to print a simple banner on a fixed size font printer,
41the
42.B pclbanner
43program generates a PCL banner and the
44.B psbanner
45program generates a PostScript banner.
46All information to be printed is passed using command line arguements.
47In order to be compatible with vintage line printer spoolers,
48reads a line form standard input, but ignores the information.
49.SH OPTIONS
50.IP "\fB\-w \fIwidth\fR" 5
51Page width in characters (default 132).
52.IP "\fB\-l \fIlength\fR" 5
53Page length in lines (default 60).
54.IP "\fB\-P \fIprinter\fR" 5
55printer queue for banner information.
56.IP "\fB\-L \fIbannername\fR" 5
57Name used on banner as main name.
58.IP "\fB\-n \fIloginname\fR" 5
59Name used on banner as login name.
60.IP "\fB\-h \fIhost\fR" 5
61Name used on banner as host name.
62.IP "\fB\-J \fIjobtitle\fR" 5
63String used on banner as main title.
64.IP "\fB\-C \fIclass\fR" 5
65String used on banner as class.
66.IP "\fB\-? \fIvalue\fR" 5
67All other options and arguments provided by LPRng are ignored.
68.SH "EXIT STATUS"
69.PP
70The following exit values are returned:
71.TP 15
72.B "zero (0)"
73Successful completion.
74.TP
75.B "non-zero (!=0)"
76An error occurred.
77.SH "SEE ALSO"
78.LP
79lpd.conf(5),
80lpc(8),
81lpd(8),
82checkpc(8),
83lpr(1),
84lpq(1),
85lprm(1),
86printcap(5),
87lpd.conf(5),
88pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).
89.SH "HISTORY"
90LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system
91with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software.
92The LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com;
93subscribe by sending mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with
94the word subscribe in the body.
95The software is available from ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.
96.SH "AUTHOR"
97Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.
98