lpr & lprm & lpq

Question 1

lpr

Answer 1

lpr submits files for printing.

Question 2

lpr [OPTIONS]

• E, Force encryption
• H server[:port], Specifies an alternate server.
• C, -J, -T “name”, Set the job name/title.
• P destination[/instance], Prints files to named printer.
• U username, Specifies an alt. username.
• # copies, Sets the number of copies to print.

Answer 2

• h, Disables banner printing
• l, Specifies that print file be preformated.
• m, Send an email upon completion.
• o option[=value], Sets a job option.
• p, Specifies that the print file should be formatted pretty.
• q, Hold job for printing.
• r, Specifies that the print files should be deleted after sumbission.

Question 3

lpr -o [options]

collate=true

fit-to-page

job-hold-until=when

job-hold-until=hh:mm

job-priority=priority

job-sheets=name

Answer 3

job-sheets=start-name, end-name

media=size

mirror

number-up={2,4,6,9,16}

number-up-layout=layout

orientation-requested=4

orientation-requested=5

orientation-requested=6

Question 4

lpr -o [options]

outputorder=reverse

page-border=border

page-ranges=page-list

Answer 4

sides=one-sided

-sides=two-sided-long-edge

sides=two-sided-short-edge

Question 5

lprm

Answer 5

lprm cancels print jobs that have been queued for printing.

Question 6

lprm

• E
• P destination[/instance]
• U username
• h server[:port]

Answer 6

• E, Forces encryption.
• P destination[/instance], Specifies printer destination.
• U username, Specifies alt. username.
• h server[:port], Specifies alt. server.

Question 7

lpq

Answer 7

lpq shows the current print queue status on the named printer.

Question 8

lpq

• E
• P destination[/instance]
• a
• U username
• h server[:port]
• l

Answer 8

• E, Forces encryption.
• P destination[/instance], Specifies printer destination.
• a, Reports jobs on all printers.
• U username, Specifies alt. username.
• h server[:port], Specifies alt. server.
• l, Requests a more verbose (long) reporting format.