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NAME

       gtklp - print files via CUPS

SYNOPSIS

       gtklp [-P|-d printer] [-c configdir] [-S|-h server] [-p port] [-l] [-D]
       [-V] [-b] [-i] [-H] [-C] [-U user] [-#|-n n] [-E] [-q priority]  [-t|-J
       jobname] [-o option=value ... ][file(s)]

       lp  [-d  printer]  [-S|-h  server]  [-p  port] [-D] [-V] [-b] [-U user]
       [-#|-n  n]  [-E]  [-q  priority]  [-t|-J  jobname]  [-P  page-list  [-H
       handling] [-X] [-o option=value ... ][file(s)]

       lpr  [-P|-d  printer] [-S|-h server] [-p port] [-D] [-V] [-b] [-U user]
       [-#|-n  n]  [-E]  [-q  priority]   [-t|-J|-C|-T   jobname]   [-X]   [-o
       option=value ... ][file(s)]

DESCRIPTION

       GtkLP  is  an  graphical  frontend  for  CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing
       System.
       It is used to have an easy (and graphical) access to all  of  the  many
       options of cups-managed printers.

OPTIONS

       The following options are recognized by gtklp:

       -P printer
            Use printer as default destination.

       -d printer
            This option is equivalent to "-P".

       -c configdir
            Use  configdir  to  set an alternative path to the configfiles for
            GtkLP.

       -S server
            The name of the CUPS-Server.

       -h server
            The same as -S.

       -p port
            The port of CUPS-Server, 631 per default.

       -l
            Only list the chosen options as a list  of  commandline-parameters
            for lpr.
            Nice for scripting purposes...

       -D
            Debug.

       -V
            Displays the version of GtkLP.

       -b
            Use builtin defaults instead of saved options

       -i
            Ignore data on stdin.
            Sometimes  useful,  e.g.  for  printing  from some versions of the
            Acrobat Reader.

       -U user
            The name of the cups-User to use.

       -# n
            Make n copies per default.

       -n n
            The same as -#.

       -H
            Help

       -C
            Force console-mode

       -o option=value
            Specify extra options, same syntax as lpr

       -E
            Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

       -q priority
            Specify the priority of the print job,  from  1  (lowest)  to  100
            (highest)

       -t jobname
            Specify the jobname

       -J jobname
            The same as -t.

       If called as lp, the following options differ from GtkLP`s options:

       -X   Force X-Mode, even if GTKLP_FORCEX is not set to 1

       -P page-list
            Specifies  which  pages  to print in the  document.  The list  can
            contain a list of numbers and ranges  (#-#)  separated  by  commas
            (e.g. 1,3-5,16).

       -H handling
            Specifies   when  the  job should be printed. A value of immediate
            will print the file immediately, a value of hold will hold the job
            indefinitely, and a time value (HH:MM) will hold the job until the
            specified  time.  (does this option work ?)

       If called as lpr, the following options differ from GtkLP`s options:

       -X   Force X-Mode, even if GTKLP_FORCEX is not set to 1

       -C jobname
            Specify the jobname

       -T jobname
            The same as -C.

       -p   Specifies that the print  file   should   be   formatted  with   a
            shaded  header  with  the date, time, job name, and  page  number.
            This  option  is  equivalent    to  "-oprettyprint"  and  is  only
            useful when printing text files.

       -l   Specifies  that  the  print  file  is  already  formatted for  the
            destination and should be sent without filtering. This  option  is
            equivalent to "-oraw".

       Some  other  options  from  systemv`s lp and berkeley`s lpr are ignored
       without error message

PATHS

       GtkLP looks for config-files under
       <configdir>
       then under
       $HOME/.gtklp/
       and at last under
       /etc/gtklp/.

       To hide Printers from users, use the following pathes:
       /etc/gtklp/accept/
       /etc/gtklp/deny/
       $HOME/.gtklp/

       Just put an empty file with the name of the printer the user should see
       by  default  to  accept, put an empty file with the name of the printer
       the user should never see to deny.  If only accept exists, all but  the
       accepted printers are allowed.  If only deny exists, all but the denied
       printers are accepted.
       All users can deny accepted printers,  but  they  can't  unhide  denied
       ones.

SPECIAL

       In  GtkLP  you  can  define  a  browser  to  open  the  help  URL,  the
       CUPS-Homepage and so on.  Just use the your favorite HTML browser.  The
       first $1 in command-line will be substituted by the URL.

       If you can't connect to an X-Server, GtkLP acts as console-lpr.

       If  called  as  lpr,  or  lp,  GtkLP acts on console and has some other
       command-line parameters, see above.

VARIABLES

       You can set  the  following  environment  variables  to  influence  the
       behaviour of GtkLP:

       CUPS_SERVER
            The default CUPS-server to connect to

       IPP_PORT
            The default Port of the CUPS-server to connect to

       PRINTER
            The default printer to use

       GTKLP_FORCEX
            Set to 1 to force X-Mode for lpr and lp

ERROR

       GtkLP produces the following Error-Codes:

       0    normal program termination

       1    small error, wrong parameters, etc.

       2    Server  Problems, server not found, no default printer found, etc.

       3    BAD error. Fields declared too short, too many printers, etc.

SEE ALSO

       gtklpq(1), lpr(1), CUPS Software Users Manual
       http://localhost:631/documentation.html

COPYRIGHT

       This program was written by T. Mueller, 2000, 2001, 2002.
       It is licensed under the Terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE,
       see also http://www.gnu.org.

CONTACT

       The latest version of GtkLP is always available under
       http://gtklp.sourceforge.net/
       Feel also free to contact me.
       Please mail also, if you like the software !!! ;-)