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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 options
        !            81: .I n.
        !            82: The value
        !            83: .I n
        !            84: may be a comma separated list.
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .BI -l " n"
        !            87: Set the number of lines per page to
        !            88: .I n.
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .B -L
        !            91: Print pages in landscape mode (i.e. turned 90 degrees).
        !            92: .TP
        !            93: .BI -m " n"
        !            94: Set magnification to
        !            95: .I n.
        !            96: .TP
        !            97: .BI -n " n"
        !            98: Print
        !            99: .I n
        !           100: logical pages per physical page.
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .BI -o " list"
        !           103: Print only pages whose page numbers appear in
        !           104: the comma-separated
        !           105: .I list
        !           106: of numbers and ranges.
        !           107: A range
        !           108: .IB n - m
        !           109: means pages
        !           110: .I n
        !           111: through
        !           112: .IR m ;
        !           113: a range
        !           114: .BI - n
        !           115: means from the beginning to page
        !           116: .IR n ;
        !           117: a range
        !           118: .IB n -
        !           119: means from page
        !           120: .I n
        !           121: to the end. 
        !           122: .TP
        !           123: .B -r
        !           124: Reverse the order of page printing (currently not functional).
        !           125: .TP
        !           126: .BI -x " n"
        !           127: Set the horizontal
        !           128: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
        !           129: .TP
        !           130: .BI -y " n"
        !           131: Set the vertical
        !           132: offset of the print image, measured in inches.
        !           133: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           134: .TP 0
        !           135: .L
        !           136: eqn paper | troff -ms | lp
        !           137: Typeset and print a paper that contains equations.
        !           138: .TP
        !           139: .L
        !           140: pr -l100 file | lp -l100 -fCW.8
        !           141: Print a file in a small font at 100 lines per page.
        !           142: .TP
        !           143: .L
        !           144: lp -dstdout -H <bitfile >postfile
        !           145: Convert a bitmap to postscript form.
        !           146: Use
        !           147: .IR mpictures (6)
        !           148: macros to insert the output into a
        !           149: .I troff
        !           150: document.
        !           151: .TP
        !           152: .L
        !           153: lp -du -H -i2,simplex viewgraphs.dvi
        !           154: will take input from the second paper tray and print single sided,
        !           155: even if the printer defaults to double sided (duplex) output.
        !           156: Do not print a header page.
        !           157: .SH FILES
        !           158: .TF /usr/spool/lp/defdevice
        !           159: .TP
        !           160: .F /usr/spool/lp/defdevice
        !           161: default printer name
        !           162: .TP
        !           163: .F /usr/spool/lp/devices
        !           164: printer list with interface specification
        !           165: .TP
        !           166: .F /usr/spool/lp/process 
        !           167: directory of preprocessors
        !           168: .TP
        !           169: .F /usr/spool/lp/prob/*
        !           170: where printer jobs go when things go awry
        !           171: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           172: .IR pr (1), 
        !           173: .IR blitblt (9.1), 
        !           174: .IR plot (1), 
        !           175: .IR font (6),
        !           176: .IR postio (8),
        !           177: .IR postscript (8)
        !           178: .SH BUGS
        !           179: Not all options work with all output devices.
        !           180: .br
        !           181: Any user can kill any job.

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