NAME
lpr - off line print

SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -Pprinter ] [ -#num ] [ -C class ] [ -J job ] [ -T title ]
[ -i [ numcols ]] [ -1234 font ] [ -wnum ] [ -plrmhs ]
[ 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 -P option may be used to force output to a specific
printer. Normally, the default printer is used (site dependent),
or the value of the environment variable PRINTER is used.

The following single letter options are used to notify the line
printer spooler that the files are not standard text files. The
spooling daemon will use the appropriate filters to print the data
accordingly.

-p This is the equivalent of using the pr(1) command.

-l Use a filter which allows control characters to be printed and
suppresses page breaks.

The remaining single letter options have the following meaning.

-r Remove the file upon completion of spooling or upon completion
of printing (with the -s option).

-m Send mail upon completion.

-h Suppress the printing of the burst page.

-s Use symbolic links. Usually files are copied to the spool
directory.

The -C option takes the following argument as a job classification
for use on the burst page. For example,

lpr -C EECS foo.c

causes the system name (the name returned by hostname(1)) to be
replaced on the burst page by EECS, and the file foo.c to be
printed.

The -J option takes the following argument as the job name to print
on the burst page. Normally, the first file’s name is used.

The -T option uses the next argument as the title used by pr(1)
instead of the file name.

To get multiple copies of output, use the -#num option, where num
is the number of copies desired of each file named. For example,

lpr -#3 foo.c bar.c more.c

would result in 3 copies of the file foo.c, followed by 3 copies of
the file bar.c, etc. On the other hand,

cat foo.c bar.c more.c | lpr -#3

will give three copies of the concatenation of the files.

The -i option causes the output to be indented. If the next
argument is numeric, it is used as the number of blanks to be
printed before each line; otherwise, 8 characters are printed.

The -w option takes the immediately following number to be the page
width for pr(1).

The -s option will use symlink(2) to link data files rather than
trying to copy them so large files can be printed. This means the
files should not be modified or removed until they have been
printed.

FILES
/etc/passwd personal identification
/etc/printcap printer capabilities data base
/usr/lib/lpd* line printer daemons
/usr/spool/* directories used for spooling
/usr/spool/*/cf* daemon control files
/usr/spool/*/df* data files specified in "cf" files
/usr/spool/*/tf* temporary copies of "cf" files

SEE ALSO
lpq(1), lprm(1), pr(1), symlink(2), printcap(5), lpc(8), lpd(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
If you try to spool too large a file, it will be truncated. Lpr
will object to printing binary files. If a user other than root
prints a file and spooling is disabled, lpr will print a message
saying so and will not put jobs in the queue. If a connection to
lpd(8) on the local machine cannot be made, lpr will say that the
daemon cannot be started. Diagnostics may be printed in the
daemon’s log file regarding missing spool files by lpd(8).

BUGS
It is currently not possible to use local font libraries.