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1.1 root 1: .TH LP 1
2: .CT 1 writing_output comm_dev
3: .SH NAME
4: lp \- printer output
5: .SH SYNOPSIS
6: .B lp
7: [
8: .I option ...
9: ]
10: [
11: .I file ...
12: ]
13: .SH DESCRIPTION
14: .I Lp
15: is a generalized output printing service.
16: It can be used to queue files for printing,
17: check a queue, or kill jobs in a queue.
18: The options are:
19: .TF -p\ \fIproc\fP
20: .TP
21: .BI -d " dest"
22: Select the destination printer.
23: If
24: .I dest
25: is
26: .LR ? ,
27: list the currently available printers.
28: In the absence of
29: .LR -d ,
30: the destination is taken from the environment variable
31: .BR LPDEST ,
32: or finally from the file
33: .FR /usr/spool/lp/defdevice .
34: Destination
35: .L stdout
36: is the standard output.
37: .TP
38: .BI -p " proc"
39: The given preprocessor is invoked.
40: The default preprocessor is
41: .LR generic ,
42: which tries to do the right thing for regular text,
43: .IR troff (1)
44: output, or
45: .IR bitfile (9.5)
46: bitmaps.
47: If no preprocessing is desired
48: (e.g. an ImPress file from
49: .L dviimp
50: is to be printed)
51: .L noproc
52: may be specified.
53: .TP
54: .B -q
55: Print the queue for the given destination.
56: For some devices, include printer status.
57: .TP
58: .B -k
59: Kill the job(s) given as subsequent arguments instead of file names
60: for the given destination.
61: .PD
62: .PP
63: The remaining options may be used to affect the output at a given device.
64: These options may not be applicable to all devices.
65: .TF -p\ \fIproc\fP
66: .TP
67: .BI -c " n"
68: Print
69: .I n
70: copies.
71: .TP
72: .BI -f " font"
73: Set the font (default
74: .LR CW.11 ).
75: .TP
76: .BI -H
77: Suppress printing of header page.
78: .TP
79: .BI -i " n"
80: Select paper input tray
81: .I n.
82: .TP
83: .BI -l " n"
84: Set the number of lines per page to
85: .I n.
86: .TP
87: .B -L
88: Print pages in landscape mode (i.e. turned 90 degrees).
89: .TP
90: .BI -m " n"
91: Set magnification to
92: .I n.
93: .TP
94: .BI -n " n"
95: Print
96: .I n
97: logical pages per physical page.
98: .TP
99: .BI -o " list"
100: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in
101: the comma-separated
102: .I list
103: of numbers and ranges.
104: A range
105: .IB n - m
106: means pages
107: .I n
108: through
109: .IR m ;
110: a range
111: .BI - n
112: means from the beginning to page
113: .IR n ;
114: a range
115: .IB n -
116: means from page
117: .I n
118: to the end.
119: .TP
120: .B -r
121: Reverse the order of page printing (currently not functional).
122: .TP
123: .BI -x " n"
124: Set the horizontal
125: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
126: .TP
127: .BI -y " n"
128: Set the vertical
129: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
130: .SH EXAMPLES
131: .TP 0
132: .L
133: eqn paper | troff -ms | lp
134: Typeset and print a paper that contains equations.
135: .TP
136: .L
137: pr -l100 file | lp -l100 -fCW.8
138: Print a file in a small font at 100 lines per page.
139: .TP
140: .L
141: lp -dstdout -H <bitfile >postfile
142: Convert a bitmap to postscript form.
143: Use
144: .IR mpictures (6)
145: macros to insert the output into a
146: .I troff
147: document.
148: .SH FILES
149: .TF /usr/spool/lp/defdevice
150: .TP
151: .F /usr/spool/lp/defdevice
152: default printer name
153: .TP
154: .F /usr/spool/lp/devices
155: printer list with interface specification
156: .TP
157: .F /usr/spool/lp/process
158: directory of preprocessors
159: .TP
160: .F /usr/spool/lp/prob/*
161: where printer jobs go when things go awry
162: .SH SEE ALSO
163: .IR pr (1),
164: .IR blitblt (9.1),
165: .IR plot (1),
166: .IR font (6),
167: .IR postio (8),
168: .IR postscript (8)
169: .SH BUGS
170: Not all options work with all output devices.
171: .br
172: Any user can kill any job.
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