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OpenBSD - Printing

As this contains a lot of info concerning the CUPS's "lpr" command, a lot here should work on all other unices and Linux.
 
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Creating a ppd for desired printer

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$ foomatic-ppdfile -P 2850 

Samsung ML-2850D Id='Samsung-ML-2850D' Driver='Postscript' CompatibleDrivers='Postscript pxlmono '

$ foomatic-ppdfile -p 'Samsung-ML-2850D' -d 'Postscript' > samsung-ml2850d.ppd



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Adding a printer to cups from command line



# lpinfo -v     (prints accessible destinations)

direct hp

network smb

direct hpfax

network socket://10.0.0.22



# lpinfo --make-and-model "LaserJet 4000" -m (shows usable printer drivers)

foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_4000-lj5gray.ppd HP LaserJet 4000 Foomatic/lj5gray

foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_4000-Postscript.ppd HP LaserJet 4000 Foomatic/Postscript

foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_4000-pxlmono.ppd HP LaserJet 4000 Foomatic/pxlmono



# lpadmin -p myprinter -v network socket://10.0.0.22:9100 -m foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/ppd/foomatic-ppd/HP-LaserJet_4000-lj5gray.ppd -E



or potentialy with a ready to go ppd in my file:



# lpadmin -p myprinter -v network socket://10.0.0.22:9100 -P /home/bob/hp_laser.ppd -E



# lpstat -a (to check - shows available printers)

# lpstat -t (to see details about my printers)



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lpstat options 



    -t : show all CUPS info

    -d : show default printer

    -p : show all printers

    -a : show all printers that accept jobs

    -o : show active print jobs


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 lpr -o page-ranges=1-5 filename.pdf 

Prints pages 1-5

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  lpr -o number-up=4 document.pdf 

Prints a standard portrait-formatted document 4 pages per sheet


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The following is an example of combining all of the options presented on this page. Assume that document.pdf is a 25 page portrait-formatted pdf file. The following command:



    lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -o number-up=6 -o page-ranges=2-3 document.pdf 



will duplex print sheets 2 and 3 of the N-Up format, which will correspond to pages 7-18 of the original document, so that sheet 1 (pages 7-12) is on the front side of the printed page and sheet 2 (pages 13-18) is on the back side of the printed page.

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  lpr -o number-up=4 -o number-up-layout=btlr document.pdf     

Prints a standard landscape-formatted document 4 pages per sheet.

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  lpr -PLaserjet4 blabla.pdf 

Prints the PDF document blabla.pdf on the printer called Laserjet4 

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  lpr -Z duplex 123.dvi 

Prints the DVI file 123.dvi with duplex

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  lpr -Z 2up,duplex code.cc 

Prints the sourcecode code.cc with 2 pages on both sides of the sheet

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  lpr -Z 4up,duplex,ascii longtext.tex 

Prints the source code of the TeX File longtext.tex with 4 on 1 page and on both sides of the sheet

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  lpr -Z book longtext.tex  

Prints the TeX File longtext.tex as a booklet
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