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1 perry 1 LPF
2 !!!LPF
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 EXIT STATUS
7 FILES
8 SEE ALSO
9 DIAGNOSTICS
10 HISTORY
11 AUTHOR
12 ----
13 !!NAME
14
15
16 lpf - general printer filter
17 !!SYNOPSIS
18
19
20 __lpf -P__''printer'' __-w__''width''
21 __-l__''length'' __-x__''width''
22 __-y__''length'' [[ __-c__ ]
23 __-K__''controlfilename'' __-L__''bnrname'' [[
24 __-i__''indent'' ] [[ __-Z__''options'' ] [[
25 __-C__''class'' ] [[ __-J__''job'' ] [[
26 __-R__''accntname'' ] __-n__''login''
27 __-h__''Host'' __-F__''format'' [[
28 __-T__''[[crlf,debug]'' __-D__''level'' ] [[
29 affile ]
30 !!DESCRIPTION
31
32
33 __Lpf__ is a general printer filter. Usually it is used
34 as filter in the printcap file and is called by lpd. The
35 -Tcrlf option will suppress translation of LF to CR/LF
36 pairs. The -Tdebug option will increment the debug
37 level.
38
39
40 The following options passes lpd by default:
41
42
43 __-P__''printer''
44
45
46 The name of the printer.
47
48
49 __-w__''width''
50
51
52 The page width in chars, as given in the :pw field in the
53 printcap file
54
55
56 __-l__''length''
57
58
59 The page length in lines, as given in the :pl field in the
60 printcap file
61
62
63 __-x__''width''
64
65
66 The page width in pixels, as given in the :px field in the
67 printcap file
68
69
70 __-y__''length''
71
72
73 The page length in pixels, as given in the :py field in the
74 printcap file
75
76
77 __-K__''controlfilename''
78
79
80 The name of the control file.
81
82
83 __-L__''bnrname''
84
85
86 The banner name. This is set by the lpr -T
87 option.
88
89
90 __-n__''login''
91
92
93 The user login name.
94
95
96 __-h__''Host''
97
98
99 The host where the job was submitted.
100
101
102 __-F__''format''
103
104
105 The job format from the lpr -F option or other
106 option.
107
108
109 These options are optionally set by lpd:
110
111
112 __-Z__''options''
113
114
115 Extra options. They are passed from the __-Z__ parameter
116 given on the lpr command command line and can be interpreted
117 by the filter.
118
119
120 These remaining options can be added to the filter entry in
121 the printcap file:
122
123
124 __-c__
125
126
127 ignore control characters, set by lpr -b (binary) or -l
128 (literal) options.
129
130
131 __-i__''indent''
132
133
134 The indentation amount, set by lpr -i indent
135 option.
136
137
138 __-C__''class''
139
140
141 The class name, set by lpr -C class option.
142
143
144 __-J__''job''
145
146
147 The job name, set by lpr -J job option.
148
149
150 __-R__''accntname''
151
152
153 The name of the accounting file, from printcap
154 information.
155
156
157 __-D__''level''
158
159
160 Sets debug level. The level must be an integer, a nonzero
161 value switches debugging on.
162
163
164 __-T__''crlf''
165
166
167 Turn LF to CR/LF translation off.
168
169
170 __-T__''debug''
171
172
173 Increment the debug level.
174 !!EXIT STATUS
175
176
177 The following exit values are returned:
178
179
180 __zero (0)__
181
182
183 Successful completion.
184
185
186 __non-zero (!=0)__
187
188
189 An error occurred.
190 !!FILES
191
192
193 The files used by LPRng are set by values in the printer
194 configuration file. The following are a commonly used set of
195 default values.
196
197
198 /etc/lprng/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file
199 ${HOME}/.printcap user printer description file
200 /etc/lprng/printcap printer description file
201 /etc/lprng/lpd.perms permissions
202 /var/run/lprng/lpd lock file for queue control
203 /var/spool/lpd spool directories
204 /var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/control queue control
205 /var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/log trace or debug log file
206 /var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/acct accounting file
207 /var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/status status file
208 !!SEE ALSO
209
210
211 lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1),
212 printcap(5), lpd.perms(5), pr(1).
213 !!DIAGNOSTICS
214
215
216 Most of the diagnostics are self explanatory.
217 If you are puzzled over the exact cause of failure,
218 set the debugging level on (-D5) and run again.
219 The debugging information will
220 help you to pinpoint the exact cause of failure.
221 !!HISTORY
222
223
224 LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with
225 functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The
226 LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com; subscribe by sending
227 mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with the word subscribe in
228 the body. The software is available from
229 ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.
230 !!AUTHOR
231
232
233 Patrick Powell
234 ----
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