Setting printer options, Canceling print jobs from command line, General printing options for cups – HID FARGO HDP5000 User Guide User Manual

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etting Printer Options

For many types of files, the default printer options may be sufficient for your needs.
However, at times you may need to change the options for a particular file you are printing.
Cups provides both they System V (lp) and Berkeley (lpr) printing commands.

The lp and lpr commands allow you to pass printer options using the –o options:

lpoptions –o landscape –o scaling=75 –o media=A4 filename.jpg ENTER

lpoptions –p HDP5000 –o PageSize=CR79 (printer specific) ENTER

Canceling Print jobs from Command Line

Use the lpstat command to show jobs and the printers:

lpstat –o –p ENTER

The cancel and lprm commands cancel a print job:

cancel job_id ENTER
lprm job_id ENTER

General Printing Options for CUPS

• brightness

Sets the overall brightness of the output

• gamma

Sets the overall gamma correction of the output

• job-sheets Chooses

the

banner pages to use for the job

• landscape

Prints in landscape orientation

• media

Sets the media size, source and /or type

• number-up

Sets the number of document pages to print on each sheet of paper

• page-ranges Prints the selected pages in the document

• page-set Prints

all,

even,

or odd pages in the document

• sides

Prints

single- or double-sided

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