lp [ -h hostname[:port] ] [
-E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -d
destination[/instance] ] [ -m ] [ -n
num-copies ] [ -o option[=value] ] [
-q priority ] [ -s ] [ -t title ] [
-H handling ] [ -P page-list ] [ -- ] [
file(s) ]
lp [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -E ] [
-U username ] [ -c ] [ -i job-id ] [
-n num-copies ] [ -o
option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [
-t title ] [ -H handling ] [ -P
page-list ]
lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use
a filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.
CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The
LPDEST and PRINTER environment variables are consulted first.
If neither are set, the current default set using the lpoptions(1)
command is used, followed by the default set using the lpadmin(8)
command.
The following options are recognized by lp:
- --
- Marks the end of options; use this to print a file whose name begins with
a dash (-).
- -E
- Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
- -U username
- Specifies the username to use when connecting to the server.
- -c
- This option is provided for backwards-compatibility only. On systems that
support it, this option forces the print file to be copied to the spool
directory before printing. In CUPS, print files are always sent to the
scheduler via IPP which has the same effect.
- -d
destination
- Prints files to the named printer.
- -h
hostname[:port]
- Chooses an alternate server. Note: This option must occur before all
others.
- -i job-id
- Specifies an existing job to modify.
- -m
- Sends an email when the job is completed.
- -n copies
- Sets the number of copies to print.
- -o
"name=value [ ... name=value
]"
- Sets one or more job options. See "COMMON JOB OPTIONS"
below.
- -q priority
- Sets the job priority from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The default
priority is 50.
- -s
- Do not report the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
- -t
"name"
- Sets the job name.
- -H hh:mm
- -H hold
- -H immediate
- -H restart
- -H resume
- Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of immediate will
print the file immediately, a value of hold will hold the job
indefinitely, and a UTC time value (HH:MM) will hold the job until the
specified UTC (not local) time. Use a value of resume with the
-i option to resume a held job. Use a value of restart with
the -i option to restart a completed job.
- -P page-list
- Specifies which pages to print in the document. The list can contain a
list of numbers and ranges (#-#) separated by commas, e.g.,
"1,3-5,16". The page numbers refer to the output pages and not
the document's original pages - options like "number-up" can
affect the numbering of the pages.
Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
lpoptions(1) command, the following generic options are
available:
- -o
job-sheets=name
- Prints a cover page (banner) with the document. The "name" can
be "classified", "confidential", "secret",
"standard", "topsecret", or
"unclassified".
- -o
media=size
- Sets the page size to size. Most printers support at least the size
names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
- -o
number-up={2|4|6|9|16}
- Prints 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 document (input) pages on each output page.
- -o
orientation-requested=4
- Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise).
- -o
orientation-requested=5
- Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees clockwise).
- -o
orientation-requested=6
- Prints the job in reverse portrait (rotated 180 degrees).
- -o
print-quality=3
- -o
print-quality=4
- -o
print-quality=5
- Specifies the output quality - draft (3), normal (4), or best (5).
- -o
sides=one-sided
- Prints on one side of the paper.
- -o
sides=two-sided-long-edge
- Prints on both sides of the paper for portrait output.
- -o
sides=two-sided-short-edge
- Prints on both sides of the paper for landscape output.
Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to
contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or
"#". Also, printer and class names are not
case-sensitive.
The -q option accepts a different range of values than the
Solaris lp command, matching the IPP job priority values (1-100, 100 is
highest priority) instead of the Solaris values (0-39, 0 is highest
priority).
Print two copies of a document to the default printer:
lp -n 2 filename
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called
"foo":
lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
Print a presentation document 2-up to a printer called
"bar":
lp -d bar -o number-up=2 filename
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