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LPBANNER

LPBANNER

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXIT STATUS SEE ALSO HISTORY AUTHOR


NAME

lpbanner - text banner pclbanner - pcl format banner psbanner - !PostScript format banner

SYNOPSIS

lpbanner [ __-l__''length''? __-w__''width''? [ __-P__''printer''? __-L__''bannername''? [ __-n__''loginname''? __-h__''host''? [ __-J__''jobtitle''? __-C__''class''? [ __-?__''option'' __args__? [ all?

DESCRIPTION

The lpbanner program is used to print a simple banner on a fixed size font printer, the pclbanner program generates a PCL banner and the psbanner program generates a !PostScript banner. All information to be printed is passed using command line arguements. In order to be compatible with vintage line printer spoolers, reads a line form standard input, but ignores the information.

OPTIONS

-w width

Page width in characters (default 132).

-l length

Page length in lines (default 60).

-P printer

printer queue for banner information.

-L bannername

Name used on banner as main name.

-n loginname

Name used on banner as login name.

-h host

Name used on banner as host name.

-J jobtitle

String used on banner as main title.

-C class

String used on banner as class.

-? value

All other options and arguments provided by LPRng are ignored.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

zero (0)

Successful completion.

non-zero (!=0)

An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), checkpc(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd.conf(5), pr(1).

HISTORY

LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The LPRng mailing list is lprng@lprng.com; subscribe by sending mail to lprng-request@lprng.com with the word subscribe in the body. The software is available from ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng.

AUTHOR

Patrick Powell


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