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40 .Op Fl P Ns Ar printer
47 .Op Fl Z Ar daemon-options
56 utility uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities
57 become available. If no names appear, the standard input is assumed.
59 The following single letter options are used to notify the line printer
60 spooler that the files are not standard text files.
61 The spooling daemon will
62 use the appropriate filters to print the data accordingly.
63 Note that not all spoolers implement filters for all data types,
64 and some sites may use these types for other purposes than the ones
66 .Bl -tag -width indent
68 The files are assumed to contain data in
74 Use a filter which interprets the first character of each line as a
77 carriage control character.
79 Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and suppresses
87 The following options are historical and not directly supported by any
90 .Bl -tag -width indent
92 The files are assumed to contain data produced by
95 The files are assumed to contain standard plot data as produced by the
100 The files are assumed to contain data from
102 (device independent troff).
104 The files are assumed to contain
106 phototypesetter commands from ancient versions of
110 The files are assumed to contain a raster image for devices like the
114 These options apply to the handling of
116 .Bl -tag -width indent
118 Force output to a specific printer. Normally,
119 the default printer is used (site dependent), or the value of the
124 Suppress the printing of the burst page.
126 Send mail upon completion.
128 Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion of
133 Use symbolic links. Usually files are copied to the spool directory.
138 to link data files rather than trying to copy them so large files can be
139 printed. This means the files should
140 not be modified or removed until they have been printed.
143 The remaining options apply to copies, the page display, and headers:
144 .Bl -tag -width indent
148 is the number of copies desired of each file named. For example,
149 .Bd -literal -offset indent
150 lpr \-#3 foo.c bar.c more.c
152 would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies
153 of the file bar.c, etc. On the other hand,
154 .Bd -literal -offset indent
155 cat foo.c bar.c more.c \&| lpr \-#3
158 will give three copies of the concatenation of the files.
160 a site will disable this feature to encourage use of a photocopier
168 to be mounted on font position
177 to use on the burst page. For example,
178 .Bd -literal -offset indent
182 causes the system name (the name returned by
184 to be replaced on the burst page by
186 and the file foo.c to be printed.
188 Job name to print on the burst page.
189 Normally, the first file's name is used.
193 specified as argument instead of one found in environment.
194 (Only effective when filtering through
196 is requested using the
202 instead of the file name.
204 User name to print on the burst page,
205 also for accounting purposes.
206 This option is only honored if the real user-id is daemon
207 (or that specified in the printcap file instead of daemon),
208 and is intended for those instances where print filters wish to requeue jobs.
209 .It Fl Z Ar daemon-options
210 Some spoolers, such as
212 accept additional per-job options using a
220 is not requested, the specified
222 will be passed to the remote
226 The output is indented by
231 as the page width for
235 If the following environment variable exists, it is used by
237 .Bl -tag -width PRINTER
239 Specifies an alternate default printer.
242 .Bl -tag -width /var/spool/output/*/tf* -compact
244 Personal identification.
246 Printer capabilities data base.
248 Line printer daemons.
249 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*
250 Directories used for spooling.
251 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/cf*
252 Daemon control files.
253 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/df*
254 Data files specified in "cf" files.
255 .It Pa /var/spool/output/*/tf*
256 Temporary copies of "cf" files.
259 If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated.
262 utility will object to printing binary files.
263 If a user other than root prints a file and spooling is disabled,
265 will print a message saying so and will not put jobs in the queue.
268 on the local machine cannot be made,
270 will say that the daemon cannot be started.
271 Diagnostics may be printed in the daemon's log file
272 regarding missing spool files by
292 reside on the host with the printer.
293 It is currently not possible to
294 use local font libraries.
298 control file line is used for two different purposes; for
302 it specifies a locale to be passed to
307 it specifies additional options to be interpreted by the spooler's
308 input and output filters.
309 When submitting jobs via
313 is used in the former context, and
314 .Fl Z Ar daemon-options
315 is used in the latter.