---
name: "nprint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncpfs"
version: "2.2.6-9"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nprint"
---

# nprint(1)

NetWare print client

## NAME

nprint - NetWare print client

## SYNOPSIS

**nprint** \[ **-S** *server* \] \[ **-h** \] \[ **-U** *username* \| **-n** \]  \[ **-C** \] \[ **-q** *queuename* \] \[ **-d** *job-description* \] \[ **-p** *pathname-in-banner* \] \[ **-B** *username-in-banner* \] \[ **-s** \] \[ **-f** *filename-in-banner* \] \[ **-l** *lines* \]  \[ **-r** *rows* \] \[ **-c** *copies* \] \[ **-t** *tab size* \] \[ **-T** \] \[ **-N** \] \[ **-F** *form-number* \] *filename*

## DESCRIPTION

With **nprint**, you can print files on print queues of a NetWare file  server.

There are a lot of options, so you should probably wrap some default configurations into some shell scripts.

**nprint** looks up the file *$HOME/.nwclient* to find a file server,  a user name and possibly a password. See [nwclient(5)](/nwclient/5.md) for more information.  Please note that the access permissions of **.nwclient** MUST be 600, for  security reasons.

## OPTIONS

**filename**

*filename* is the name of the file you want to print. If file is '**-**',  or no filename is given, standard input is used.

- **-h**

  **-h** is used to print out a short help text.

- **-S** *server*

  *server* is the name of the server you want to use.

- **-U** *username*

  *username* is the user name to use for the print request at the server.

- **-P** *password*

  *password* is the password to use for the print request at the server.  If neither **-n** nor **-P** are given, and the user has no open  connection to the server, **nprint** prompts for a password.

- **-n**

  **-n** should be given if no password is required for the print request.

- **-C**

  By default, passwords are converted to uppercase before they are sent to the server, because most servers require this. You can turn off this conversion by **-C**.

- **-q** *queuename*

  *queuename* is the name of the print queue to use at the print  server. At present, you must specify it in upper case characters.

- **-d** *job-description*

  *job-description* is the string that appears in pconsole when you  list the jobs for the print queue. It will also appear in the "Description" field on the banner page.

- **-p** *pathname-in-banner*

  *pathname-in-banner* is the string (up to 79 characters) you want to  be printed in the "Directory" field on the banner page.

- **-B** *username-in-banner*

  *username-in-banner* is the string (up to 12 characters) you want to  appear on the lower part of the banner page. It will also appear in  the "User name" field.

- **-s**

  Supress printing of banner page

- **-f** *filename-in-banner*

  *filename-in-banner* is the string (up to 12 characters) you want to  appear in large letters on the lower part of the banner page. Default: the  name of the file that is printed, or '**stdin**'.

- **-l** *lines*

  *lines* is the number of lines to put on one page. Default: 66.

- **-r** *rows*

  *rows* is the number of rows to put on one page. Default: 80.

- **-c** *copies*

  *copies* tells the print server to the specified number of copies.  Default: 1.

- **-t** *tabs*

  *tabs* is the number of spaces to print for a Tab-Character.  Default: 8.

- **-T**

  tells the print server to expand Tab-Character and use 8 spaces

- **-N**

  tells the print server **not** to use Form Feeds

- **-F** *form-number*

  *form-number* is the the number of the form to be put into the  printer. If it's different from the one currently in the printer,  your job is only printed if a printer operator has put in the correct form.

## NOTES

The '**-B**' option was formerly '**-b**'. But it conflicted  with '*bindery only*' login option.

## SEE ALSO

**[nwclient(5)](/nwclient/5.md), [slist(1)](/slist/1.md), [pqlist(1)](/pqlist/1.md), [ncpmount(8)](/ncpmount/8.md), [ncpumount(8)](/ncpumount/8.md)**

## CREDITS

nprint was written by Volker Lendecke (lendecke@math.uni-goettingen.de)