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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | ENVIRONMENT | CONFORMING TO | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | COPYRIGHT | COLOPHON |
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lp(1) OpenPrinting lp(1)
lp - print files
lp [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -d
destination[/instance] ] [ -m ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o
option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -s ] [ -t title ] [ -H handling
] [ -P page-list ] [ -- ] [ file(s) ]
lp [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -i job-
id ] [ -n num-copies ] [ -o option[=value] ] [ -q priority ] [ -t
title ] [ -H handling ] [ -P page-list ]
lp submits files for printing or alters a pending job. Use a
filename of "-" to force printing from the standard input.
THE DEFAULT DESTINATION
CUPS provides many ways to set the default destination. The LPDEST
and PRINTER environment variables are consulted first. If neither
are set, the current default set using the lpoptions(1) command is
used, followed by the default set using the lpadmin(8) command.
The following options are recognized by lp:
-- Marks the end of options; use this to print a file whose name
begins with a dash (-).
-E Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-U username
Specifies the username to use when connecting to the server.
-c This option is provided for backwards-compatibility only. On
systems that support it, this option forces the print file to
be copied to the spool directory before printing. In CUPS,
print files are always sent to the scheduler via IPP which
has the same effect.
-d destination
Prints files to the named printer.
-h hostname[:port]
Chooses an alternate server. Note: This option must occur
before all others.
-i job-id
Specifies an existing job to modify.
-m Sends an email when the job is completed.
-n copies
Sets the number of copies to print.
-o "name=value [ ... name=value ]"
Sets one or more job options. See "COMMON JOB OPTIONS"
below.
-q priority
Sets the job priority from 1 (lowest) to 100 (highest). The
default priority is 50.
-s Do not report the resulting job IDs (silent mode.)
-t "name"
Sets the job name.
-H hh:mm
-H hold
-H immediate
-H restart
-H resume
Specifies when the job should be printed. A value of
immediate will print the file immediately, a value of hold
will hold the job indefinitely, and a UTC time value (HH:MM)
will hold the job until the specified UTC (not local) time.
Use a value of resume with the -i option to resume a held
job. Use a value of restart with the -i option to restart a
completed job.
-P page-list
Specifies which pages to print in the document. The list can
contain a list of numbers and ranges (#-#) separated by
commas, e.g., "1,3-5,16". The page numbers refer to the
output pages and not the document's original pages - options
like "number-up" can affect the numbering of the pages.
COMMON JOB OPTIONS
Aside from the printer-specific options reported by the
lpoptions(1) command, the following generic options are available:
-o job-sheets=name
Prints a cover page (banner) with the document. The "name"
can be "classified", "confidential", "secret", "standard",
"topsecret", or "unclassified".
-o media=size
Sets the page size to size. Most printers support at least
the size names "a4", "letter", and "legal".
-o number-up={2|4|6|9|16}
Prints 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 document (input) pages on each
output page.
-o orientation-requested=4
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees counter-
clockwise).
-o orientation-requested=5
Prints the job in landscape (rotated 90 degrees clockwise).
-o orientation-requested=6
Prints the job in reverse portrait (rotated 180 degrees).
-o print-as-raster
Prints the job as raster.
-o print-quality=3
-o print-quality=4
-o print-quality=5
Specifies the output quality - draft (3), normal (4), or best
(5).
-o sides=one-sided
Prints on one side of the paper.
-o sides=two-sided-long-edge
Prints on both sides of the paper for portrait output.
-o sides=two-sided-short-edge
Prints on both sides of the paper for landscape output.
The following environment variables override the default
destination:
LPDEST
Specifies the default print queue (System V standard).
PRINTER
Specifies the default print queue (Berkeley standard).
Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to
contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#".
Also, printer and class names are not case-sensitive.
The -q option accepts a different range of values than the Solaris
lp command, matching the IPP job priority values (1-100, 100 is
highest priority) instead of the Solaris values (0-39, 0 is
highest priority).
Print two copies of a document to the default printer:
lp -n 2 filename
Print a double-sided legal document to a printer called "foo":
lp -d foo -o media=legal -o sides=two-sided-long-edge filename
Print a presentation document 2-up to a printer called "bar":
lp -d bar -o number-up=2 filename
cancel(1), lpadmin(8), lpoptions(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1),
lpstat(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
This page is part of the CUPS (a standards-based, open source
printing system) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩. If you have a
bug report for this manual page, see
⟨https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that
time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
repository was 2025-08-07.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
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corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
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2024-04-02 CUPS lp(1)
Pages that refer to this page: cancel(1), cups(1), lpoptions(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), backend(7), cupsaccept(8), cupsenable(8), lpadmin(8), lpc(8), lpmove(8)
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