Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

lpr

Synopsis

lpr [options] files
                  

Sends files to the printer spool queue. Part of the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).

Options

-C, -J, -T title

Use title for the print job name.

-E

Forces an encrypted connection if supported by the print server.

-l

Assume print job is preformatted for printing and apply no further filtering. Same as -o raw.

-o options

Set one or more printer options. CUPS documentation describing these options is included with Mac OS X and viewable via a web browser using http://127.0.0.1:631/sum.html#STANDARD_OPTIONS.

-p

Print text files with pretty printing, adding a shaded header with date, time, job name, and page number. Same as -o prettyprint.

-P printer

Output to printer instead of system default.

-r

Remove the file upon completion of spooling

-# num

Print num copies of each listed file (100 maximum).