If you use the Linux operating system on your computer or mobile device, you might be wondering how to print out a file or image. You'll have to use different commands to print different types of documents from a Linux operating system.
To print a postscript or text file, use the lpr command:
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- Type % lpr . This will print your file to whatever printer is set as the default.
- Select a different printer by typing -P followed by the name of the printer. The space should be entered as follows, without any spaces in between the different parts of the command: % lpr -P .
Don't use these commands to print non-postscript or non-text files [source: Penn Engineering]! Instead, use one of the commands listed below.
To print an html file, you'll need to use an html interpreter program.
- Open the page you want to print within your html interpreter program.
- Select Print from the File dropdown menu. A dialogue box will open.
- Click OK if you wish to print to the default printer.
- Enter the lpr command as above if you wish to select a different printer. Then click OK [source: Penn Engineering].
To print an image, follow the directions for printing an html file but open your file in an imaging program.
If you wish to remove a print job from the print queue, use the lprm command, as follows.
- Type lpq -P and view the queue of print jobs.
- Verify the name of the print job you wish to remove, and type lprm -P. You can remove all print jobs from the queue by using a dash instead of a job number. Type lprm -P - [source: Soyinka].
Make sure you type all characters (letters, hyphens and spaces) exactly as listed above.
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