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Printing using Xerox utilities and lpr utilities (DOS and UNIX)
Guide to Submitting Jobs from the Client 3-19
lpr command
Use the
lpr
command to send a document to a specific printer or
to specify print options for the job you are submitting. To do so,
enter the
lpr
command and its options on the command line
using the following syntax:
Syntax (DOS)
lpr
-S <printer controller name> -P <printer> <options>
<filenames>
Syntax (UNIX)
lpr
-P <printer> <options> <filenames>
Required
arguments
The following arguments are required for the
lpr
command:
• -S <printer controller name>
Sends the specified files to the printer controller that you
specify in the <printer controller name> option (DOS only).
•-P <printer>
The virtual printer that you want to use. If your UNIX
environment is set up to specify your printer as the default
printer, you may not need to enter -P.
• <filenames>
The names of the files that you want to print including any
filename extension.
NOTE:
•
For DOS:
If you specify a wildcard (*) as the filename on a
PC running DOS and Pathway Access 2.1/Wollongong WIN
TCP/IP version 5.1 to submit print jobs, the correct sender
name is not displayed with all jobs. When you enter the list
document command at the printer controller, the sender
name is correct for the first job. All subsequent jobs list the IP
address of the client as the sender name.
•
For DOS:
If you are running FTP TCP/IP software and
submitting a PCL job, add an -f to the
lpr
command line. For
example, lpr -S <printer controller name> <options> -f
<filenames>. An -f interprets the first character of each line
as a standard Fortran carriage control character.
•
For UNIX:
If you submit two files to the printer and the first
file is nonexistent, the second file prints but the filename is
replaced by the name of the first file.