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lpr(1) OpenPrinting lpr(1)
lpr - print files
lpr [ -H server[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -P
destination[/instance] ] [ -# num-copies [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -m ] [ -o
option[=value] ] [ -p ] [ -q ] [ -r ] [ -C title ] [ -J title ] [
-T title ] [ file(s) ]
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.
THE DEFAULT DESTINATION
CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The LPDEST
and PRINTER environment variables are consulted first. If neither
are set, the current default set using the lpoptions(1) command is
used, followed by the default set using the lpadmin(8) command.
The following options are recognized by lpr:
-E Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-H server[:port]
Specifies an alternate server. Note: This option must occur
before all others.
-C "name"
-J "name"
-T "name"
Sets the job name/title.
-P destination[/instance]
Prints files to the named printer.
-U username
Specifies an alternate username.
-# copies
Sets the number of copies to print.
-h Disables banner printing. This option is equivalent to -o
job-sheets=none.
-l Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the
destination and should be sent without filtering. This
option is equivalent to -o raw.
-m Send an email on job completion.
-o option[=value]
Sets a job option. See "COMMON JOB OPTIONS" below.
-p Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a
shaded header with the date, time, job name, and page number.
This option is equivalent to -o prettyprint and is only
useful when printing text files.
-q Hold job for printing.
-r Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after
submitting them.
COMMON JOB OPTIONS
Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
lpoptions(1) command, the following generic options are available:
-o job-sheets=name
Prints a cover page (banner) with the document. The "name"
can be "classified", "confidential", "secret", "standard",
"topsecret", or "unclassified".
-o media=size
Sets the page size to size. Most printers support at least
the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
-o number-up={2|4|6|9|16}
Prints 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 document (input) pages on each
output page.
-o orientation-requested=4
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees counter-
clockwise).
-o orientation-requested=5
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees clockwise).
-o orientation-requested=6
Prints the job in reverse portrait (rotated 180 degrees).
-o print-quality=3
-o print-quality=4
-o print-quality=5
Specifies the output quality - draft (3), normal (4), or best
(5).
-o sides=one-sided
Prints on one side of the paper.
-o sides=two-sided-long-edge
Prints on both sides of the paper for portrait output.
-o sides=two-sided-short-edge
Prints on both sides of the paper for landscape output.
The -c, -d, -f, -g, -i, -n, -t, -v, and -w options are not
supported by CUPS and produce a warning message if used.
The following environment variables override the default
destination:
LPDEST
Specifies the default print queue (System V standard).
PRINTER
Specifies the default print queue (Berkeley standard).
Print two copies of a document to the default printer:
lpr -# 2 filename
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
lpr -P foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
Print a presentation document 2-up to a printer called "foo":
lpr -P foo -o number-up=2 filename
cancel(1), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpoptions(1), lpq(1), lprm(1),
lpstat(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
This page is part of the CUPS (a standards-based, open source
printing system) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩. If you have a
bug report for this manual page, see
⟨https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that
time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
repository was 2025-08-07.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
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(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
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2024-04-02 CUPS lpr(1)
Pages that refer to this page: cups(1), lp(1), lpoptions(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), backend(7), environ(7), lpadmin(8), lpc(8), lpmove(8)
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