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1 | .\" -*-Nroff-*- |
| 2 | .\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL | |
| 3 | .TH LPR 1 "22 Mar 2003 " "" "" | |
| 4 | .SH NAME | |
| 5 | lpr \- Spool files to a printer | |
| 6 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| a18d2869 | 7 | .BR "lpr " [ "\-D" "] [" "\-d" |
| 21006e63 | 8 | .I device |
| a18d2869 | 9 | .RB "] [" "\-h" "] [" "\-l" "] [" "\-P" |
| 21006e63 | 10 | .I device |
| a18d2869 | 11 | .RB ] |
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12 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 13 | \fBlpr\fP spools a file to the specified printer device. No formatting | |
| 14 | is done -- data is sent "raw". This is useful, for example, for sending | |
| 15 | Postscript data to a Postscript printer. | |
| 16 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| 17 | .TP | |
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18 | \fB-D\fP |
| 19 | enables some debugging output. | |
| 20 | .TP | |
| 21 | \fB-d\fP \fIdevice\fP | |
| 22 | specifies the \fIdevice\fP to which to send the output. | |
| 23 | .TP | |
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24 | \fB-h\fP |
| 25 | does nothing and is accepted for compatibility only. | |
| 26 | .TP | |
| 27 | \fB-l\fP | |
| 28 | disables CR/LF translation. Normally, files are converted to DOS/Windows-style | |
| 29 | line endings (CR+LF) during the spooling process. Some drivers appear to | |
| 30 | require this translation, while most don't seem to care. Including this option | |
| 31 | on the lpr command line disables any such translations. | |
| 32 | .TP | |
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33 | \fB-P\fP \fIdevice\fP |
| 34 | an alias for \fB-d\fP. | |
| 35 | .SH DEVICES | |
| 36 | A device name may be a UNC path (\\\\server_name\\printer_name), a | |
| 37 | reserved DOS device name (e.g., prn, lpt1), or a local port name that | |
| 38 | is mapped to a printer share. Note that forward slashes may be used in | |
| 39 | a UNC path also (e.g., //server_name/printer_name). | |
| 40 | .SH ENVIRONMENT | |
| 41 | A default device name may be specified in the \fBPRINTER\fP | |
| 42 | environment variable. Specifying a device via a \fB-d\fP or \fB-P\fP | |
| 43 | will override the environment variable setting. | |
| 44 | .SH NOTES | |
| 45 | Make sure that the default paper size setting is correct for the | |
| 46 | program that is formatting the page. For example, for enscript, make | |
| 47 | sure the \fBDefaultMedia\fP setting is correct in | |
| 48 | \fB/etc/enscript.cfg\fP. If this setting is incorrect, it is possible | |
| 49 | that no output at all will be produced by the printer. This is | |
| 50 | \fBnot\fP an lpr issue. | |
| 51 | .SH AUTHORS | |
| 52 | Written by Rick Rankin. | |
| 53 |