Questions tagged [lpr]
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LPR command won't recognize CUPS printer
I have a cups server with one shared printer configured on it. It prints test pages without problems.
printername (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Shared)
Description: desc
Location:
Driver: Zebra ZPL Label Printer (grayscale, 2-sided…
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What LPR arguments do I need to print a 1400x800 pixel image on a 4x6 label?
This is driving me nuts. UPS sends our system a 1400x800 GIF image of a shipping label, which is supposed to fit nicely on a 4x6 page.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the command line options right to make it happen.
We're using an Eltron/Zebra…
Nick
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LPR Printing InputSlot Issues
I am printing from a Unix system to a Xerox Phaser 4510 (altho I have also had issues printing to a Xerox WorkCentre 7765).
I am using LPR and trying to choose the InputSlot
The lpoptions show the following options:
InputSlot/Paper Tray: Tray1…
Jimmy
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number of characters per line printed by lpr
How do I set the number of characters per line when printing a file using lp or lpr? It seems like it's fixed at 80.
neesh
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macOS will not print to an LPR printer on different subnet
We have a fairly extensive campus network consisting of multiple subnets connected by a core router.
Everything has been working fine for years, but recently I have a number of macosx clients that refuse to print to a network printer (LPR) on a…
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lpr command: no prints and no error
PROBLEM:
no prints and no output (and no errors) for 'lpr -P printername file.txt'
DETAILS:
I have the same CUPS installation in two different servers. In one of this server lpr command works and prints are ok. In the other no prints and no output…
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LPR on Windows: Can you specify # of copies?
In Linux, you can use
lpr -#5 foo.txt
to get 5 copies of a document when sending to an LPD-based print server.
The Windows (XP, 2003, 2008) version of LPR supplied by MS doesn't seem to have this option, though.
Does anyone know if there's a…
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How to print from sh file
File prindi.sh contains
/usr/bin/lpr –P SL-M3325ND
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Why do lp and lpr return unauthorized?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 with latest updates.
Here are my system's protections for lp and lpr.
root@steamboy:/usr/bin# ls -l lp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13540 2011-09-12 10:41 lp
root@steamboy:/usr/bin# ls -l lpr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13540…
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Why do I get an "No default printer" error when using "ssh lpr" but not when I ssh in?
I have a remote (linux) server that I ssh to from my (also linux) pc to print my stuff.
Everything works if I do:
ssh ${remote_server}
(now in remote server)
lpr readme.txt
Or:
ssh ${remote_server} lpr readme.txt -P$PRINTER
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Printing HTTPS Webpages in CLI
I have a CentOS 6.6 server, and I am trying to print https://* webpages using the following commands:
html2ps https://mywebsite/blah.html | lpr
My printer prints out a paper for all HTTPS print jobs, but only prints out "IB" in the top right. Very…
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How can i print to an alternate LPD port from Windows Server 2012?
I have a Mac setup using LPD to a remote printer/port and it works great. I'm trying to add the same printer on a Windows server and it fails.
I've tried standard TCP/IP port specifying the IP as 9.3.3.3:1234 and also LPR Port. With Standard TCP…
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lpr command is different on the dev and production machine?
I'm printing some files (labels) directly from the server. On my development machine (Xubuntu 12.04) the following works:
lpr -P QL-720 -H 192.168.171.53 /tmp/labels/OAQRJECIDP
On the production server (Ubuntu 12.04 server) it does not. I get a…
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LPR Print Queue to File output Windows Server
How can I set up a LPR Print Queue on a Windows 2008 Server and redirect the queued reports to a file location on the network?
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printing directly to (not from) php
Would it be possible to create a php script on a local server that could handle printing?
I'm not sure it's possible, but am curious....
I'm thinking... create a local printer, use custom port TCP/IP port that points to a PHP script that…
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