PRINTING IN LINUX

Printing in Linux

1.Printers may be local or networked

2. Print requests are sent to queues

3. queued jobs are sent to the printer on a first come first served basic

4. jobs may be canceled before or during printing.

#System-config-printer

Printing command:

#lpr	sends a job to the queue to be printed
#lpq	views the contents of the queue
#lprm	removes a job from the queue



Printing utilities:

#evince	view PDF documents
#lpstat -a	lists configured printers
#enscript	convert text to postscript
#ps2pdf	converts postscript to PDF
#mpage	prints multiple pages per sheet

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