Printing remotely over TCP/IP

SCO OpenServer clients

On SCO OpenServer clients, the RLP commands are lp, lpmove, cancel, and lpstat. These commands work just like their non-RLP counterparts when invoked with no options and when invoked with the following supported options:

lp -dprinter_name
lp -nnumber_of_copies
lp -ttitle_to_print_on_banner
lp -irequest_id_options: modify an earlier print request of a job still in the local queue.
lp -qpriority_level
lp -L spooler|local|live=<device>: local or spooled printing
lp -T file_type: type of input files
lp -o length=scaled_number: page length
lp -o width=scaled_number: page width
lp -o lpi=scaled_number: line pitch
lp -o cpi=scaled_number: character pitch
lp -o stty='stty_options': port characteristics
lp -o other_local_options: as defined locally
lp -o nofilebreak: no inter-file form feed
lp -o nobanner: no banner page
lp -m | -w: mail/write when done
lp -H hold: hold -- do not print until notified. The print job will remain on the spool on the local machine instead of going to the remote printer. Other print requests will go ahead of a held request until it is resumed.
lp -H immediate: print the request next. The printer will attempt to print the job at queue priority one.
lp -H resume: resume a previously held request.
lp -c: make copies first
lp -r: use no filter
lp -R: remove after spooling
lp -s: no request-id message
lpstat -aremote_printer_name: acceptance status
lpstat -oremote_printer_name: output requests status
lpstat -premote_printer_name: available printers and printer status
lpstat -p list -D: give printer description
lpstat -vremote_printer_name: pathnames of associated devices
lpstat -c classes: show available classes
lpstat -u users: show status of user requests
lpstat -f forms: show available forms
lpstat -S char_sets,print_wheels: show available fonts
lpstat -d: show default destination
lpstat -l: verbose mode
lpstat -r: show status of spooler
lpstat -s: show summary status
lpstat -t: show status of everything

NOTE: Multiple lp options specified with the -o option must be strung consecutively within double quotes and separated by commas. For example, lp -o "nobanner, length=10" is valid, while lp -o nobanner -o length=10 is not.

The variable ``all'' is allowed with the -a, -c, -f, -o, -p, -S, -u, -v options for lpstat.

Only the options listed above are supported for the lp and lpstat commands when used for remote printing. If one or more unsupported options are specified, they are ignored and the print job is submitted without them. If printing is to be done locally, all of the options that are normally available for local printing are supported.

NOTE: On an SCO OpenServer client, you must install RLP before you can do remote printing. See ``Installing and removing RLP'' earlier in this chapter for more information.

See the cancel(C), lp(C), lpmove(ADM), and lpstat(C) manual pages for more information on the supported options.