lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use
a filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.
OPTIONS
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.
-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 from 1 to 100.
-o "name=value [name=value ...]"
Sets one or more job options.
-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.
-u username
Submits jobs as username.
-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 time value
(HH:MM) will hold the job until the specified 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).
COMMON JOB OPTIONS
Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
lpoptions(1) command, the following generic options are
available:
-o media=size
Sets the page size to size. Most printers support at least
the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
-o landscape
-o orientation-requested=4
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees).
-o sides=one-sided
-o sides=two-sided-long-edge
-o sides=two-sided-short-edge
Prints on one or two sides of the paper. The value
"two-sided-long-edge" is normally used when printing portrait
(unrotated) pages, while "two-sided-short-edge" is used for
landscape pages.
-o fitplot
Scales the print file to fit on the page.
-o scaling=number
Scales image files to use up to number percent of the page.
Values greater than 100 cause the image file to be printed across
multiple pages.
-o cpi=N
Sets the number of characters per inch to use when printing a
text file. The default is 10.
-o lpi=N
Sets the number of lines per inch to use when printing a text
file. The default is 6.
-o page-bottom=N
-o page-left=N
-o page-right=N
-o page-top=N
Sets the page margins when printing text files. The values are in
points - there are 72 points to the inch.
EXAMPLES
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
Print a text file with 12 characters per inch, 8 lines per inch, and
a 1 inch left margin:
lp -d bar -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=72 filename
COMPATIBILITY
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).
