NAME

lpr − off line print

SYNOPSIS

lpr [ options ] [ filename ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

Lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities become available.  If no names appear, the standard input is assumed. 

The single letter options below are used to notify the line printer spooler that the files are not standard text files. The spooling daemon will use the appropriate filters to print the data accordingly. 

OPTIONS

−#num
Prints out num copies of each file named.  For example,

lpr −#3 foo.c bar.c more.c

would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies of the file bar.c, etc.  On the other hand,

cat foo.c bar.c more.c | lpr −#3

will give three copies of the concatenation of the files. 

−num font
Specifies a font to be mounted on font position i.  Num is a font number from 1 to 4.  The daemon will construct a .railmag file referencing /usr/lib/vfont/name.size. 

−c Assumes the files to contain data produced by cifplot(l). 

−C Takes the following argument as a job classification for use on the burst page.  For example,

lpr −C EECS foo.c

causes the system name (the name returned by hostname(1)) to be replaced on the burst page by EECS, and the file foo.c to be printed. 

−d Assumes the files to contain data from tex(l) (DVI format from Stanford). 

−f Uses a filter which interprets the first character of each line as a standard FORTRAN carriage control character. 

−g Assumes the files to contain standard plot data as produced by the plot(3X) routines (see also plot(1G) for the filters used by the printer spooler). 

−h Suppresses the printing of the burst page. 

−i num
Causes the output to be indented. If the next argument is numeric, it is used as the number of blanks to be printed before each line; otherwise, 8 characters are printed.

−J job
Takes job as the job name to print on the burst page.  Normally, the first file’s name is used. 

−l Uses a filter which allows control characters to be printed and suppresses page breaks. 

−n Assumes the files to contain data from ditroff (device independent troff). 

−p Uses pr(1) to format the files (equivalent to print).

−Pprinter
Forces output to a specific printer.  Normally, the default printer is used (site dependent), or the value of the environment variable PRINTER is used.

−r Removes the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of printing (with the −s option). 

−m Sends mail when printing is finished. 

−s Uses symbolic links to copy files to the spool directory.  This option uses symlink(2) to link data files rather than trying to copy them so large files can be printed.  This means the files should not be modified or removed until they have been printed. 

−t Assumes the files to contain data from troff(1) (cat phototypesetter commands). 

−T title
Takes the title for the title used by pr(1) instead of the filename. 

−v Assumes the files to contain a raster image for devices like the Benson Varian. 

−wnum
Takes num to be the page width for pr. 

FILES

/etc/passwdpersonal identification
/etc/printcapprinter capabilities data base
/usr/lib/lpd∗line printer daemons
/usr/spool/∗directories used for spooling
/usr/spool/∗/cf∗daemon control files
/usr/spool/∗/df∗data files specified in "cf" files
/usr/spool/∗/tf∗temporary copies of "cf" files

SEE ALSO

lpq(1), lprm(1), pr(1), symlink(2), printcap(5), lpc(8), lpd(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated.  Lpr will object to printing binary files.  If a user other than root prints a file and spooling is disabled, lpr will print a message saying so and will not put jobs in the queue.  If a connection to lpd on the local machine cannot be made, lpr will say that the daemon cannot be started.  Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon’s log file regarding missing spool files by lpd.

BUGS

Fonts for troff and tex reside on the host with the printer. It is currently not possible to use local font libraries. 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  April 29, 1985