Computing Resources in ESCI
Unix Software: Printing: LPRng
Description
LPRng is a package of third-party implementations of the standard
Unix printing commands including but not limited to lp, lpr, lpd,
lpq, lpstat, lpc, cancel, and monitor. By
default, the LPRng versions of the commands are the ones pointed
to by the commands in the default PATH, so just typing
lpr will get you /usr/site/LPRng/bin/lpr, etc.
Location
/usr/site/LPRng
Commands
lp - send a
request to an LPRng print service. By default, lp is symbolically
linked to lpr.
lpbanner -
print banners on fixed-font line printers.
lpc - used by
system administrators to control the entire printing system.
lpd - the main
print server daemon.
lp - a generic
printer filter. Generally just called by lpr and not used by
users.
lpq - print
queue examination program.
lpr - "off line
print." Has its own queue, and thus can be used to print locally
when network services become unavailable.
lprm - remove
jobs from a print queue.
lpstat -
displays status information about a printer.
monitor -
monitor and log all print transactions sent to and from a given
printer.
pclbanner
- print a PCL banner. If you don't know what this means, don't
worry about it.
psbanner -
create an print a PostScript banner.
cancel - send
requests to cancel jobs to a print service.
Documentation
Introduction to LPRng
LPRng HOW-TO
See Also
Questions? Comments? Please contact Mary Cochran.