src/lpr/lpr.1

   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
   7 .BR "lpr " [ "\-h" "] [" "\-D" "] [" "\-d"
   8 .I device
   9 .RB "] [" "\-P"
  10 .I device
  11 .RB "]"
  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
  18 \fB-h\fP
  19 does nothing and is accepted for compatibility only.
  20 .TP
  21 \fB-D\fP
  22 enables some debugging output.
  23 .TP
  24 \fB-d\fP \fIdevice\fP
  25 specifies the \fIdevice\fP to which to send the output.
  26 .TP
  27 \fB-P\fP \fIdevice\fP
  28 an alias for \fB-d\fP.
  29 .SH DEVICES
  30 A device name may be a UNC path (\\\\server_name\\printer_name), a
  31 reserved DOS device name (e.g., prn, lpt1), or a local port name that
  32 is mapped to a printer share. Note that forward slashes may be used in
  33 a UNC path also (e.g., //server_name/printer_name).
  34 .SH ENVIRONMENT
  35 A default device name may be specified in the \fBPRINTER\fP
  36 environment variable. Specifying a device via a \fB-d\fP or \fB-P\fP
  37 will override the environment variable setting.
  38 .SH NOTES
  39 Make sure that the default paper size setting is correct for the
  40 program that is formatting the page. For example, for enscript, make
  41 sure the \fBDefaultMedia\fP setting is correct in
  42 \fB/etc/enscript.cfg\fP. If this setting is incorrect, it is possible
  43 that no output at all will be produced by the printer. This is
  44 \fBnot\fP an lpr issue.
  45 .SH AUTHORS
  46 Written by Rick Rankin.
  47