lpr
lpr submits files for printing. Files named on the command line are sent to the named printer or the default destination if no destination is specified. If no files are listed on the command-line, lpr reads the print file from the standard input.[1]
Documentation
- man 1 'lpr' [EN]
Syntax
lpr [PARAMETER ...] [FILE ...]
Parameters
- -# NUMBER
- Sets the NUMBER of copies to print.
- -m
- Send an email on job completion.
- -o OPTION[=VALUE]
- Sets a job OPTION. See Job Options below.
- -P DESTINATION[/INSTANCE]
- Prints files to the named printer.
Job Options
- job-sheets=NAME
- Prints a cover page (banner) with the document. The NAME can be classified, confidential, secret, standard, topsecret, or unclassified.
- media=SIZE
- Sets the page size to SIZE. Most printers support at least the size names a4, letter, and legal.
- number-up=2|4|6|9|16
- Prints 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 document (input) pages on each output page.
- sides=one-sided
- Prints on one side of the paper.
- sides=two-sided-long-edge
- Prints on both sides of the paper for portrait output.
- sides=two-sided-short-edge
- Prints on both sides of the paper for landscape output.
Examples
ssid="$(bw get --raw 'username' 'Wi-Fi Shared Password')"
passwd="$(bw get --raw 'password' 'Wi-Fi Shared Password')"
qrencode --dpi=300 --output=- --size=100 \
"WIFI:S:${ssid};T:WPA2;P:${passwd};;" \
| lpr -P 'Brother_HL_525DN_series' -o 'media=a4' -o 'number-up=4'
unset -v ssid passwd
References
- ↑ man 1 'lpr'