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1.1     ! root        1: .TH LP 1 
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: lp \- printer output
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B lp
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I option ...
        !             8: ]
        !             9: [
        !            10: .I file ...
        !            11: ]
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Lp
        !            14: is a generalized output printing service.
        !            15: It can be used to queue files for printing,
        !            16: check a queue, or kill jobs in a queue.
        !            17: The options are:
        !            18: .TF -p\ \fIproc\fP
        !            19: .TP
        !            20: .BI -d " dest"
        !            21: Select the destination printer.
        !            22: If
        !            23: .I dest
        !            24: is
        !            25: .LR ? ,
        !            26: list the currently available printers.
        !            27: In the absence of
        !            28: .LR -d ,
        !            29: the destination is taken from the environment variable
        !            30: .BR LPDEST .
        !            31: Destination
        !            32: .L stdout
        !            33: is the standard output.
        !            34: Destination
        !            35: .L safari
        !            36: is
        !            37: .L /dev/lpt1data
        !            38: line printer port on a 386 machine.
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .BI -p " proc"
        !            41: The given processor is invoked.
        !            42: The default processor is
        !            43: .LR generic ,
        !            44: which tries to do the right thing for regular text, 
        !            45: .IR troff (1)
        !            46: output, or 
        !            47: .IR tex (1)
        !            48: output.
        !            49: If no processing is desired
        !            50: .L noproc
        !            51: may be specified.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .B -q
        !            54: Print the queue for the given destination.
        !            55: For some devices, include printer status.
        !            56: .TP
        !            57: .B -k
        !            58: Kill the job(s) given as subsequent arguments instead of file names
        !            59: for the given destination.
        !            60: .PD
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: The remaining options may be used to affect the output at a given device.
        !            63: These options may not be applicable to all devices.
        !            64: .TF -p\ \fIproc\fP
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .BI -c " n"
        !            67: Print
        !            68: .I n
        !            69: copies.
        !            70: .TP
        !            71: .BI -f " font"
        !            72: Set the font (default
        !            73: .LR CW.11 ).
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .BI -H
        !            76: Suppress printing of header page.
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .BI -i " n"
        !            79: Select paper input tray.
        !            80: .I n
        !            81: may be a number 0-9, the word
        !            82: .I man
        !            83: for the manual feed slot, and/or
        !            84: .I simplex
        !            85: or
        !            86: .I duplex
        !            87: to get single or double sided output.
        !            88: Multiple input tray options may be specified if they are
        !            89: separated by commas.
        !            90: .TP
        !            91: .BI -l " n"
        !            92: Set the number of lines per page to
        !            93: .I n.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .B -L
        !            96: Print pages in landscape mode (i.e. turned 90 degrees).
        !            97: .TP
        !            98: .BI -m " v"
        !            99: Set magnification to
        !           100: .I v.
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .BI -n " n"
        !           103: Print
        !           104: .I n
        !           105: logical pages per physical page.
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .BI -o " list"
        !           108: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in
        !           109: the comma-separated
        !           110: .I list
        !           111: of numbers and ranges.
        !           112: A range
        !           113: .IB n - m
        !           114: means pages
        !           115: .I n
        !           116: through
        !           117: .IR m ;
        !           118: a range
        !           119: .BI - n
        !           120: means from the beginning to page
        !           121: .IR n ;
        !           122: a range
        !           123: .IB n -
        !           124: means from page
        !           125: .I n
        !           126: to the end. 
        !           127: .TP
        !           128: .B -r
        !           129: Reverse the order of page printing.
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .BI -x " v"
        !           132: Set the horizontal
        !           133: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
        !           134: .TP
        !           135: .BI -y " v"
        !           136: Set the vertical
        !           137: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
        !           138: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           139: .TP 0
        !           140: .L
        !           141: eqn paper | troff -ms | lp -dsafari
        !           142: Typeset and print a paper containing equations.
        !           143: .TP
        !           144: .L
        !           145: pr -l100 file | lp -l100 -fCW.8
        !           146: Print a file in a small font at 100 lines per page.
        !           147: .TP
        !           148: .L
        !           149: lp -dstdout /dev/windows/3/window > doc.ps
        !           150: Convert a bitmap to a postscript file.
        !           151: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           152: .IR lp (8)
        !           153: .br
        !           154: P. Glick,
        !           155: ``A Guide to the Lp Printer Spooler''.
        !           156: .SH BUGS
        !           157: Not all options work with all output devices.
        !           158: Any user can kill any job.
        !           159: .I Lp
        !           160: will accept jobs from BSD style lpdaemons but cannot
        !           161: send jobs to such systems.

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