Man page - lpf(1)

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Package:  lprng
apt-get install lprng

Manuals in package:
• printcap(5)
• lpd.conf(5)
• lprng_certs(1)
• lpf(1)
• monitor(1)
• lpbanner(1)
• lpq(1)
• psbanner(1)
• lprm(1)
• lpstat(1)
• pclbanner(1)
• lpr(1)
• cancel(1)
• lpc(8)
• lp(1)
• checkpc(8)
• lpd(8)
• lpd.perms(5)
• lprng_index_certs(1)
Documentations in package:
• lprng

Manual

LPF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXIT STATUS
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
DIAGNOSTICS
HISTORY

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NAME

lpf - general printer filter

SYNOPSIS

lpf -P printer -w width -l length -x width -y length [ -c ] -K controlfilename -L bnrname [ -i indent ] [ -Z options ] [ -C class ] [ -J job ] [ -R accntname ] -n login -h Host -F format [ -T [crlf,debug] -D level ] [ affile ]

DESCRIPTION

Lpf is a general printer filter. Usually it is used as filter in the printcap file and is called by lpd. The -Tcrlf option will suppress translation of LF to CR/LF pairs. The -Tdebug option will increment the debug level.

The following options passes lpd by default:
-P printer

The name of the printer.

-w width

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

-l length

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

-x width

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

-y length

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

-K controlfilename

The name of the control file.

-L bnrname

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

-n login

The user login name.

-h Host

The host where the job was submitted.

-F format

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

These options are optionally set by lpd:
-Z options

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.

-i indent

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

-C class

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

-J job

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

-R accntname

The name of the accounting file, from printcap information.

-D level

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

-T crlf

Turn LF to CR/LF translation off.

-T debug

Increment the debug level.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

	zero (0)		Successful completion.
	non-zero (!=0)		An error occurred.

FILES

The files used by LPRng are set by values in the printer configuration file. The following are a commonly used set of default values.
/etc/lprng/lpd.conf LPRng configuration file

	${HOME}/.printcap	user printer description file
	/etc/printcap	printer description file
	/etc/lprng/lpd.perms	permissions
	/var/run/lprng/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

SEE ALSO

lpd.conf(5), lpc(8), lpd(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), printcap(5), lpd.perms(5), pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).

AUTHOR

Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.

DIAGNOSTICS

Most of the diagnostics are self explanatory. If you are puzzled over the exact cause of failure, set the debugging level on (-D5) and run again. The debugging information will help you to pinpoint the exact cause of failure.

HISTORY

LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR software. The LPRng developer mailing list is lprng-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; subscribe by visiting https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel or sending mail to lprng-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the word subscribe in the body.
The software is available via http://lprng.sourceforge.net

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