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LP(1)                       General Commands Manual                      LP(1)



NAME
       lp - printer output

SYNOPSIS
       lp [ option ...  ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       Lp  is  a generalized output printing service.  It can be used to queue
       files for printing, check a queue, or kill jobs in a  queue.   The  op‐
       tions are:

       -d dest
              Select  the  destination printer.  If dest is list the currently
              available printers.  In the absence of the destination is  taken
              from  the environment variable LPDEST.  Destination is the stan‐
              dard output.  Destination is line printer port on a 386 machine,
              assumed  to  be connected to a PostScript printer.  Destinations
              and are also but assumed to be connected to an HP Deskjet 670 or
              Canon  BJC-240.  Lp can print to any printer supported by Ghost‐
              script using syntax gs!device where device is a Ghostscript out‐
              put device.  See gs(1) and the entry in

       -k     Kill  the  job(s) given as subsequent arguments, instead of file
              names, for the given destination.

       -p proc
              The given processor is invoked.  The default processor is  which
              tries  to  do  the  right thing for regular text, HTML, troff(1)
              output, or tex(1) output.  If no processing is  desired  may  be
              specified.

       -q     Print  the  queue  for the given destination.  For some devices,
              include printer status.

       -R     Stops and restarts  the  printer  daemon.   If  the  printer  is
              wedged, it is often useful to cycle the power on the printer be‐
              fore running this command.

       The remaining options may be used to affect the output at a  given  de‐
       vice.  These options may not be applicable to all devices.

       -c n   Print n copies.

       -f font
              Set the font (default

       -H     Suppress printing of header page.

       -i n   Select  paper  input  tray.  n may be a number 0-9, the word for
              the manual feed slot, and/or or to get single  or  double  sided
              output.   Multiple  input  tray options may be specified if they
              are separated by commas.

       -l n   Set the number of lines per page to n.

       -L     Print pages in landscape mode (i.e. turned 90 degrees).

       -m v   Set magnification to v.

       -n n   Print n logical pages per physical page.

       -o list
              Print only pages whose page numbers appear  in  the  comma-sepa‐
              rated  list  of  numbers  and ranges.  A range n-m means pages n
              through m; a range -n means from the  beginning  to  page  n;  a
              range n- means from page n to the end.

       -r     Reverse the order of page printing.

       -x v   Set  the  horizontal  offset  of  the  print  image, measured in
              inches.

       -y v   Set the vertical offset of the print image, measured in inches.

EXAMPLES
       eqn paper | troff -ms | lp -dsafari
       Typeset and print a paper containing equations.

       pr -l100 file | lp -l100 -fCW.8
       Print a file in a small font at 100 lines per page.

       lp -dstdout /dev/windows/3/window > doc.ps
       Convert an image to a postscript file.

SOURCE
       /rc/bin/lp
       /sys/src/cmd/lp

SEE ALSO
       lp(8)
       P. Glick, ``A Guide to the Lp Printer Spooler''.

BUGS
       Not all options work with all output devices.  Any user  can  kill  any
       job.



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