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From @(#)lpr.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
$FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/lpr/lpr/lpr.1 21673 1997-01-14 07:20:47Z jkh $
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.Dd June 6, 1993 .Dt LPR 1 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm lpr .Nd off line print .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm lpr .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer .Op Fl # Ns Ar num .Op Fl C Ar class .Op Fl J Ar job .Op Fl T Ar title .Op Fl U Ar user .Op Fl i Ar numcols .Op Fl 1234 Ar font .Op Fl w Ns Ar num .Op Fl cdfghlnmprstv .Op Ar name ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities become available. If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.
p The following single letter options are used to notify the line printer spooler that the files are not standard text files. The spooling daemon will use the appropriate filters to print the data accordingly. l -tag -width indent t Fl c The files are assumed to contain data produced by .Xr cifplot 1 t Fl d The files are assumed to contain data from .Em tex
f ( Tn DVI format from Stanford). t Fl f Use a filter which interprets the first character of each line as a standard .Tn FORTRAN carriage control character. t Fl g The files are assumed to contain standard plot data as produced by the .Xr plot routines (see also .Xr plot for the filters used by the printer spooler). t Fl l Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and suppresses page breaks. t Fl n The files are assumed to contain data from .Em ditroff (device independent troff). t Fl p Use .Xr pr 1 to format the files. t Fl t The files are assumed to contain data from .Xr troff 1 (cat phototypesetter commands). t Fl v The files are assumed to contain a raster image for devices like the Benson Varian. .El
p These options apply to the handling of the print job: l -tag -width indent t Fl P Force output to a specific printer. Normally, the default printer is used (site dependent), or the value of the environment variable .Ev PRINTER is used. t Fl h Suppress the printing of the burst page. t Fl m Send mail upon completion. t Fl r Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of printing (with the .Fl s option). t Fl s Use symbolic links. Usually files are copied to the spool directory. The .Fl s option will use .Xr 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. .El
p The remaining options apply to copies, the page display, and headers: l -tag -width indent t Fl # Ns Ar num The quantity .Ar num is the number of copies desired of each file named. For example, d -literal -offset indent lpr -#3 foo.c bar.c more.c .Ed would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies of the file bar.c, etc. On the other hand, d -literal -offset indent cat foo.c bar.c more.c | lpr -#3 .Ed
p will give three copies of the concatenation of the files. Often a site will disable this feature to encourage use of a photocopier instead. t Xo .Fl Ns Oo Cm 1234 Oc Ar font .Xc Specifies a .Ar font to be mounted on font position .Ar i . The daemon will construct a .Li .railmag file referencing the font pathname. t Fl C Ar class Job classification to use on the burst page. For example, d -literal -offset indent lpr -C EECS foo.c .Ed
p causes the system name (the name returned by .Xr hostname 1 ) to be replaced on the burst page by .Tn EECS , and the file foo.c to be printed. t Fl J Ar job Job name to print on the burst page. Normally, the first file's name is used. t Fl T Ar title Title name for .Xr pr 1 , instead of the file name. t Fl U Ar user User name to print on the burst page, also for accounting purposes. This option is only honored if the real user-id is daemon (or that specified in the printcap file instead of daemon), and is intended for those instances where print filters wish to requeue jobs. t Fl i numcols The output is indented by
q Ar numcols . t Fl w Ns Ar num Uses .Ar num as the page width for .Xr pr 1 . .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT If the following environment variable exists, it is used by .Nm lpr : l -tag -width PRINTER t Ev PRINTER Specifies an alternate default printer. .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width /var/spool/output/*/tf* -compact t Pa /etc/passwd Personal identification. t Pa /etc/printcap Printer capabilities data base. t Pa /usr/sbin/lpd Line printer daemons. t Pa /var/spool/output/* Directories used for spooling. t Pa /var/spool/output/*/cf* Daemon control files. t Pa /var/spool/output/*/df* Data files specified in "cf" files. t Pa /var/spool/output/*/tf* Temporary copies of "cf" files. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lpq 1 , .Xr lprm 1 , .Xr pr 1 , .Xr symlink 2 , .Xr printcap 5 , .Xr lpc 8 , .Xr lpd 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm lpr command appeared in x 3 . .Sh DIAGNOSTICS If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated. .Nm Lpr will object to printing binary files. If a user other than root prints a file and spooling is disabled, .Nm lpr will print a message saying so and will not put jobs in the queue. If a connection to .Xr lpd 8 on the local machine cannot be made, .Nm lpr will say that the daemon cannot be started. Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon's log file regarding missing spool files by .Xr lpd 8 . .Sh BUGS Fonts for .Xr troff 1 and .Xr tex reside on the host with the printer. It is currently not possible to use local font libraries.