lpr(1)

NAME
     lpr - BSD print spooler

SYNOPSIS
     lpr [ -Pprinter ] [ -#num ] [ -C class ] [ -J job ] [ -T title ] [ -i [
     numcols ]] [ -pltrmhs ] [ 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   Use pr(1) to format the files (equivalent to print).

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

     -t   The files are assumed to contain data from troff(1).

     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.

     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(4), lpc(1M), lpd(1M)

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 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.