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DESCRIPTION

The following options passes lpd by default:

-Pprinter

The name of the printer.

-wwidth

The page width in chars, as given in the :pw field in the printcap file

-llength

The page length in lines, as given in the :pl field in the printcap file

-xwidth

The page width in pixels, as given in the :px field in the printcap file

-ylength

The page length in pixels, as given in the :py field in the printcap file

-Kcontrolfilename

The name of the control file.

-Lbnrname

The banner name. This is set by the lpr -T option.

-nlogin

The user login name.

-hHost

The host where the job was submitted.

-Fformat

The job format from the lpr -F option or other option.

These options are optionally set by lpd:

-Zoptions

Extra options. They are passed from the -Z parameter given on the lpr command command line and can be interpreted by the filter.

These remaining options can be added to the filter entry in the printcap file:

-c

ignore control characters, set by lpr -b (binary) or -l (literal) options.

-iindent

The indentation amount, set by lpr -i indent option.

-Cclass

The class name, set by lpr -C class option.

-Jjob

The job name, set by lpr -J job option.

-Raccntname

The name of the accounting file, from printcap information.

-Dlevel

Sets debug level. The level must be an integer, a nonzero value switches debugging on.

-Tcrlf

Turn LF to CR/LF translation off.

-Tdebug

Increment the debug level.

EXIT STATUS

zero (0)

Successful completion.

non-zero (!=0)

An error occurred.

FILES

/usr/local/etc//lpd.conf	LPRng configuration file
${HOME}/.printcap	user printer description file
/etc/printcap	printer description file
/usr/local/etc//lpd.perms	permissions
/var/run/lpd	lock file for queue control
/var/spool/lpd		spool directories
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/control	queue control
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/log	trace or debug log file
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/acct	accounting file
/var/spool/lpd/QUEUE/status	status file

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