1<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2<html> 3<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4<head> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/cups-printable.css"> 6 <title>lpoptions(1)</title> 7</head> 8<body> 9<h1 class="title">lpoptions(1)</h1> 10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11lpoptions - display or set printer options and defaults 12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> 13<b>lpoptions</b> 14[ 15<b>-E</b> 16] [ 17<b>-U</b> 18<i>username</i> 19] [ 20<b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] 21] 22<b>-d </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 23[ 24<b>-l</b> 25] 26<br> 27<b>lpoptions</b> 28[ 29<b>-E</b> 30] [ 31<b>-U</b> 32<i>username</i> 33] [ 34<b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] 35] [ 36<b>-p </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 37] 38<b>-o </b><i>option</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] ... 39<br> 40<b>lpoptions</b> 41[ 42<b>-E</b> 43] [ 44<b>-U</b> 45<i>username</i> 46] [ 47<b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] 48] [ 49<b>-p </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 50] 51<b>-r</b> 52<i>option</i> 53<br> 54<b>lpoptions</b> 55[ 56<b>-E</b> 57] [ 58<b>-U</b> 59<i>username</i> 60] [ 61<b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] 62] 63<b>-x </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 64<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 65<b>lpoptions</b> displays or sets printer options and defaults. 66If no printer is specified using the <i>-p</i> option, the default printer is used as described in 67<a href="man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lp</b>(1).</a> 68<p>If no <i>-l</i>, <i>-o</i>, or <i>-r</i> options are specified, the current options are reported on the standard output. 69<p>Options set with the <b>lpoptions</b> command are used by the 70<a href="man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lp</b>(1)</a> 71and 72<a href="man-lpr.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpr</b>(1)</a> 73commands when submitting jobs. 74<p>When run by the root user, <b>lpoptions</b> gets and sets default options and instances for all users in the <i>/etc/cups/lpoptions</i> file. 75Otherwise, the per-user defaults are managed in the <i>~/.cups/lpoptions</i> file. 76<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2> 77<b>lpoptions</b> supports the following options: 78<dl class="man"> 79<dt><b>-E</b> 80<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Enables encryption when communicating with the CUPS server. 81<dt><b>-U </b><i>username</i> 82<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses an alternate username. 83<dt><b>-d </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 84<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Sets the user default printer to <i>destination</i>. 85If <i>instance</i> is supplied then that particular instance is used. 86This option overrides the system default printer for the current user. 87<dt><b>-h </b><i>server</i>[<b>:</b><i>port</i>] 88<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Uses an alternate server. 89<dt><b>-l</b> 90<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Lists the printer specific options and their current settings. 91<dt><b>-o </b><i>option</i>[<b>=</b><i>value</i>] 92<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies a new option for the named destination. 93<dt><b>-p </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 94<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Sets the destination and instance, if specified, for any options that follow. 95If the named instance does not exist then it is created. 96Destinations can only be created using the 97<a href="man-lpadmin.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpadmin</b>(8)</a> 98program. 99<dt><b>-r </b><i>option</i> 100<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Removes the specified option from the named destination. 101<dt><b>-x </b><i>destination</i>[<b>/</b><i>instance</i>] 102<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Removes the options for the named destination and instance, if specified. 103If the named instance does not exist then this does nothing. 104Destinations can only be removed using the 105<a href="man-lpadmin.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpadmin</b>(8)</a> 106command. 107</dl> 108<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2> 109<i>~/.cups/lpoptions</i> - user defaults and instances created by non-root users. 110<br> 111<i>/etc/cups/lpoptions</i> - system-wide defaults and instances created by the root user. 112<h2 class="title"><a name="CONFORMING_TO">Conforming To</a></h2> 113The <b>lpoptions</b> command is unique to CUPS. 114<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 115<a href="man-cancel.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cancel</b>(1),</a> 116<a href="man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lp</b>(1),</a> 117<a href="man-lpadmin.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpadmin</b>(8),</a> 118<a href="man-lpr.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lpr</b>(1),</a> 119<a href="man-lprm.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>lprm</b>(1),</a> 120CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 121<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 122Copyright © 2007-2014 by Apple Inc. 123 124</body> 125</html> 126