FOOMATIC-PRINTJOB
Section: User Commands  (1)
Updated: 2001-01-06
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NAME
foomatic-printjob - manage printer jobs in a spooler-independent fashion
 
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-printjob [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] 
[ -o option1=value1 -o option2 ... ] [ -i ] 
[ file1 file2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -Q [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -i ] [ -a ]
[ user1 user2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -R [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -i ] 
[ - | jobid1 jobid2 ... ]
foomatic-printjob -C [ -s spooler ] [ -i ] command [ arguments ]
foomatic-printjob -S [ -s spooler ] [ -i ]
foomatic-printjob -h [ -s spooler ] [ -P queuename ] [ -i ]
 
DESCRIPTION
foomatic-printjob
provides a spooler-independent interface to creating and managing
printer jobs and print queues.  Note that the first argument changes
the mode of the command, as it combines the functionality of several
System V-style printing commands.
 
OPTIONS
- -sspooler
 - 
Explicit spooler type.
 - -Pqueuename
 - 
Any commands specified should apply to this queue instead of the default.
 - -ooption=value
 - 
Set option to value
 - -ooption
 - 
Set the switch option
 - -#n
 - 
Print n copies
 - file1  file2  ...
 - 
Files to be printed, when no file is given, standard input will be printed
 - -Q
 - 
Query the jobs in a queue.  If a list of users is specified, only
those users' jobs will be queried.
 - -Q -a
 - 
Query the jobs in all queues.  If a list of users is specified, only
those users' jobs will be queried.
 - -R [ - | jobid1 jobid2 ... ]
 - 
Remove a job from a queue.  Using - will remove all jobs.
 - -C command [ arguments ]
 - 
Execute control commands for queue/job manipulation.  The commands are
the ones of the BSD "lpc" utility. Use the control command "help" to
get a list of supported commands. Note: the amount of commands varies
with the spooler, but the same commands given under different spoolers
do the same thing.
 - -i
 - 
Interactive mode: You will be asked if foomatic-printjob is in doubt
about something. Otherwise foomatic-printjob uses auto-detection or
quits with an error.
 - -S
 - 
Save the chosen spooler as the default spooler
 - -h
 - 
Show this message or show a list of available options if a queue is specified
 
 
SEE ALSO
foomatic-configure(1) and the documentation for your print spooler.
 
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <
manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> and Chris
Lawrence <
lawrencc@debian.org> for the foomatic project using
output from the associated binary.
 
BUGS
This manpage still needs some editing.
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