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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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