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I am trying to figure out how to print a Postscript file double sided from the command line using lpr or lp commands. Of course I have found lots on the web telling me how to do this but they don't ...
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I am using the Java Print Service API (javax.print) to send print jobs to a specific printer queue on an AIX system. While my code works fine with Java 8, switching to Java 11 causes it to fail with ...
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I'm running a Temenos application on an AIX 7.3 system configured with the AIX spooler. The lpr command works fine when tested manually. However, when the application attempts to print using Java's ...
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List all jobs in my printer: lpq -a Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size 1st debian 20 2482850685dzfp_2433200000024816 132096 bytes How can start the job in ...
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When I want to print a document using ssh from my local machine I use cat path/to/document.pdf | ssh [email protected] lpr This will print my document.pdf that is located in my local machine using a ...
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lpr -# 2 1-2.pdf mixes the document's page order. The first page is printed two times, then page two is printed two times. Whereas this hacky loop keeps the page order for i in {1..2} do lpr 1-2.pdf ...
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The Situation I'm trying to print on a Brother QL-570 I set up on a Raspberry Pi using CUPS. The printer is working well using lp -d Brother_QL-570 test.pdf. However, when I insert an endless label (a ...
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I am attempting to print multiple pdfs from the command line: locate FilesIwantToPrint | grep pdf | lp - This prints the list of pdfs on one page instead of printing the files themselves. Is it ...
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I have a question about lpstat on FreeBSD-12.2. Specifically, I cannot see the relationship between he output of lpstat and the printer name actually required by lpr. For example. I run lpstat -t ...
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I'm testing an application that sends PDFs to a printer, and it may request that multiple copies are printed, sending a command like /usr/bin/lpr -T Document Title -# 10 I don't have access to a ...
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I am trying to print a PDF document via the command line. The PDF has the format of a business card. The paper I am printing on is in A6 format. I have tried the following command: lpr -P <...
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Hoping for a suggestion. Using a shell script in Mac OS X Catalina which broke the script. I know there were many security changes but haven't so far figured out modification to access downloads ...
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I'm getting a strange behavior with the lp command on Mac OS Catalina. I have a 12-page PDF file and want to print all pages in the PDF. I'm hoping to print hundreds of PDFs using lp or lpr with a ...
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Mark wrote a comment for me I don't know offhand how to make cups not spool, that is, how to make the lpr command only exit after the printer driver has run. What does "spool" for printing mean? ...
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I am trying to print on my Canon MG5650 via CUPS. I have a driver "Canon MG5600 series - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11" was selected. I ran the following command to print "one-sided". the results seems ...
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