LPC(8) - System Manager’s Manual # LPC(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # lpc - line printer control program SYNOPSIS # lpc [command [argument …]] DESCRIPTION # lpc is used by the system administrator to control the operation of the line printer system. For each line printer configured in /etc/printcap, lpc may be used to: disable or enable a printer, disable or enable a printer’s spooling queue, rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue, ...
LPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # LPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # lpd - line printer spooler daemon SYNOPSIS # lpd [-dlrs] [-b bind-address] [-n maxchild] [-w maxwait] [port] DESCRIPTION # lpd is the line printer daemon (spool area handler) and is normally invoked at boot time from the rc(8) file. It makes a single pass through the printcap(5) file to find out about the existing printers and prints any files left after a crash. ...
LPQ(1) - General Commands Manual # LPQ(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # lpq - spool queue examination program SYNOPSIS # lpq [-al] [-P‌printer] [job# …] [user …] DESCRIPTION # lpq examines the spooling area used by lpd(8) for printing files on the line printer, and reports the status of the specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user. lpq invoked without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue. ...
LPR(1) - General Commands Manual # LPR(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # lpr - off line print SYNOPSIS # lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-#‌num] [-1234 font] [-C class] [-i [numcols]] [-J job] [-P‌printer] [-T title] [-U user] [-w‌num] [name …] DESCRIPTION # lpr uses a spooling daemon to print the named files when facilities become available. If no names appear, the standard input is assumed. The following single letter options are used to notify the line printer spooler that the files are not standard text files. ...
LPRM(1) - General Commands Manual # LPRM(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # lprm - remove jobs from the line printer spooling queue SYNOPSIS # lprm [-] [-P‌printer] [[job# …] [user …]] DESCRIPTION # lprm will remove a job, or jobs, from a printer’s spool queue. Since the spooling directory is protected from users, using lprm is normally the only method by which a user may remove a job. The owner of a job is determined by the user’s login name and host name on the machine where the lpr(1) command was invoked. ...
PRINTCAP(5) - File Formats Manual # PRINTCAP(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # printcap - printer capability database DESCRIPTION # The printcap file is a simplified version of the termcap(5) database used to describe line printers. The spooling system accesses the printcap file every time it is used, allowing dynamic addition and deletion of printers. Each entry in the database is used to describe one printer. This database may not be substituted for, as is possible for termcap(5), because it may allow accounting to be bypassed. ...