HID FARGO HDP5000 User Guide - Manual (Page 35)

S
etting Printer Options
For many types of files, the default printer options may be sufficient for your needs.
However, at times you may need to change the options for a particular file you are printing.
Cups provides both they System V (lp) and Berkeley (lpr) printing commands.
The lp and lpr commands allow you to pass printer options using the –o options:
lpoptions –o landscape –o scaling=75 –o media=A4 filename.jpg ENTER
lpoptions –p HDP5000 –o PageSize=CR79 (printer specific) ENTER
Canceling Print jobs from Command Line
Use the lpstat command to show jobs and the printers:
lpstat –o –p ENTER
The cancel and lprm commands cancel a print job:
cancel job_id ENTER
lprm job_id ENTER
General Printing Options for CUPS
• brightness
Sets the overall brightness of the output
• gamma
Sets the overall gamma correction of the output
• job-sheets Chooses
the banner pages to use for the job
• landscape
Prints in landscape orientation
• media
Sets the media size, source and /or type
• number-up
Sets the number of document pages to print on each sheet of paper
• page-ranges Prints the selected pages in the document
• page-set Prints
all, even, or odd pages in the document
• sides
Prints single- or double-sided
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