---
name: "xdpr"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xprint"
version: "1:0.1.0.alpha1-10"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xdpr/1x"
---

# xdpr(1x)

dump an X window directly to a printer

## NAME

xdpr - dump an X window directly to a printer

## SYNOPSIS

**xdpr** \[ *filename* \] \[ **-display** *host:display* \] \[ **-P*printer*** \] \[ **-device** *devtype* \] \[ *option* ... \]

## DESCRIPTION

*Xdpr* uses the commands  *xwd,* *xpr,* and *lpr* or *lp* to dump an X window, process it for a particular printer type, and print it out on the printer of your choice.  This is the easiest way to get a printout of a window.  *Xdpr* by default will print the largest possible representation of the window on the output page.

The options for *xdpr* are the same as those for *xpr*, *xwd*, and *lpr* or *lp*. The most commonly-used options are described below; see the manual pages for these commands for more detailed descriptions of the many options available.

## OPTIONS

- *filename*

  Specifies a file containing a window dump (created by *xwd*) to be printed instead of selecting an X window.

- **-P*printer***

  Specifies a printer to send the output to.  If a printer name is not specified here, *xdpr* (really, *lpr* or *lp*) will send your output to the printer specified by the *PRINTER* environment variable.  Be sure that type of the printer matches the type specified with the *-device* option.

- **-display *host:display*\[*.screen*\]**

  Normally, *xdpr* gets the host and display number to use from the environment variable \`\`DISPLAY.'' One can, however, specify them explicitly; see *X*(1).

- **-device *devtype***

  Specifies the device on which the file will be printed.  Currently supported:

  - **la100**

    Digital LA100

  - **ljet**

    HP LaserJet series and other monochrome PCL devices such as ThinkJet, QuietJet, RuggedWriter, HP560 series, and HP930 series printers

  - **ln03**

    Digital LN03

  - **pjet**

    HP PaintJet (color mode)

  - **pjetxl**

    HP HP PaintJet XL Color Graphics Printer (color mode)

  - **pp**

    IBM PP3812

  - **ps**

    PostScript printer

-

  The default is PostScript. **-device lw** (LaserWriter) is equivalent to **-device ps** and is provided only for backwards compatibility.

- **-help**

  This option displays the list of options known to *xdpr.*

Any other arguments  will be passed to the  *xwd,* *xpr,* and *lpr* or *lp* commands as appropriate for each.

## SEE ALSO

[*xwd*(1)](/xwd/1.md), [*xpr*(1)](/xpr/1.md), [*lpr*(1)](/lpr/1.md), [*lp*(1)](/lp/1.md), [*xwud*(1)](/xwud/1.md), *X*(1)

## ENVIRONMENT

- DISPLAY

  which display to use by default.

- PRINTER

  which printer to use by default.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (\[,\]\*) X Consortium\
 See *X(1)* for a full statement of rights and permissions.

## AUTHORS

Paul Boutin, MIT Project Athena\
 Michael R. Gretzinger, MIT Project Athena\
 Jim Gettys, MIT Project Athena