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cupsdoprint(1)

KDE command line tool to print files via CUPS

NAME

cupsdoprint - KDE command line tool to print files via CUPS

SYNOPSIS

cupsdoprint [-H host[:port]] [-P dest] [-J name] [-o opt=value[,...]]

[-U login[:password]] files...

DESCRIPTION

cupsdoprint is a command line tool to print files using the CUPS printing system.

cupsdoprint does not support printing from stdin.

You can use lpoptions -l -p Printername to discover the options a certain printer supports.

OPTIONS

-?

show help options

-H host:port

cups host to print to

-J name

print job name
default: "KDE Print System"

-o opt=value

options to use

-P dest

printer to use

-U login:password

login and password to use

cupsdoprint -P HPLaserJet4L -H localhost:631 -U john

EXAMPLE

-o Copies=10,PageSize=A4 /tmp/file.ps

Prints 10 copies in format A4 of the file /tmp/file.ps as user john via localhost:631 on the printer HPLaserJet4L.

SEE ALSO

www.linuxprinting.org Information about printing under UNIX

lp(1), lpr(1), lpoptions(1)

AUTHORS

Michael Goffioul <[email protected]>

Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the author directly.

This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <[email protected]> for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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