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22 – Printing‌


After spending the last couple of chapters manipulating text, it’s time to put that text on paper. In this chapter, we’ll look at the command line tools that are used to print files and control printer operation. We won’t be looking at how to configure printing, as that varies from distribution to distribution and is usually set up automatically during installation. Note that we will need a working printer configuration to perform the exercises in this chapter.

We will discuss the following commands:

pr – Convert text files for printing

lpr – Print files

a2ps – Format files for printing on a PostScript printer

lpstat – Show printer status information

lpq – Show printer queue status

lprm – Cancel print jobs


 

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