Manual page for LP(1)
lp, cancel - send/cancel requests to a printer
SYNOPSIS
lp
[
-cmsw
]
[
-ddest
]
[
-nnumber
]
[
-ooption
]
[
-ttitle
]
filename...
cancel
[
ids
] [
printers
]
DESCRIPTION
lp
arranges for the named files and associated information
(collectively called a
request)
to be printed by a line printer.
If no file names are mentioned,
the standard input is assumed.
The file name
`-'
stands for the standard input
and may be supplied on the command line
in conjunction with named
filenames.
The order in which
filenames
appear is the same order in which they will be printed.
lp
associates a unique
id
with each request and prints it on the standard output.
This
id
can be used later to cancel (see
cancel)
or find the status (see
lpstat.1
of the request.
cancel
cancels line printer requests.
The command line arguments may be either request
ids
(as returned by
lp.1
or
printer
names.
When
ids
are specified,
cancel
removes the jobs corresponding to the
ids
on the destination printer.
See the
-d
option for details on how the default destination
printer is obtained.
For a complete list of printers, use
lpstat.1
Specifying a request
id
cancels the associated request
even if it is currently printing.
Specifying a
printer
cancels the request which is currently printing
on that printer.
In either case, the cancellation of a request
that is currently printing frees the printer
to print its next available request.
OPTIONS
The following options to
lp
may appear in any order and may be intermixed
with file names:
- -c
-
Make copies of the
filenames
to be printed immediately when
lp
is invoked.
Otherwise,
filenames
will not be copied, but will be linked whenever possible.
If the
-c
option is not given, then the user
should be careful not to remove any of the
filenames
before the request has been printed in its entirety.
It should also be noted that in the absence of the
-c
option, any changes made to the named
filenames
after the request is made but before it is printed
will be reflected in the printed output.
- -m
-
Send mail
(see
mail(1))
after the files have been printed.
By default, no mail is sent upon normal completion
of the print request.
- -s
-
Suppress messages from
lp.1
such as
`request id is ...'.
- -w
-
Write a message on the user's terminal after the
filenames
have been printed.
If the user is not logged in locally,
then mail will be sent instead.
- -ddest
-
Choose
dest
as the printer that is to do the printing.
By default,
dest
is taken from the environment variable
LPDEST
(if it is set).
Otherwise,
dest
will be taken from the environment variable
PRINTER.
If
PRINTER
is not defined either, then the default destination
for the computer system is used.
Destination names vary between systems (see
lpstat.1
- -nnumber
-
Print
number
copies (default of 1) of the output.
- -ooption
-
Specify printer-dependent
options.
Several such options may be collected by specifying the
-o
option more than once.
- -ttitle
-
Print
title
on the banner page of the output.
FILES
- /etc/termcap
-
SEE ALSO
lpstat.1
lpr.1
lprm.1
mail.1
lpc.8
lpd.8
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