SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -E ] [ -P destination ] [ -U username ] [ -# num-copies [ -l ] [
-o option ] [ -p] [ -r ] [ -C/J/T title ] [ file(s) ]
DESCRIPTION
lpr submits files for printing. Files named on the command line are
sent to the named printer (or the system default destination if no des-
tination is specified). If no files are listed on the command-line lpr
reads the print file from the standard input.
OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by lpr:
-E
Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-P destination
Prints files to the named printer.
-# copies
Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
-C name
Sets the job name.
-J name
Sets the job name.
-T name
Sets the job name.
-U username
Sets the user name.
-l
Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the desti-
nation and should be sent without filtering. This option is equiv-
alent to "-oraw".
-o option
Sets a job option.
-p
Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded
header with the date, time, job name, and page number. This option
is equivalent to "-oprettyprint" and is only useful when printing
text files.
-r
Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after
printing them.
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