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42 .Nd front-end to the print spooler
53 utility is a front-end to the print spooler as required by the
55 specification. It effectively invokes
57 with the proper set of arguments.
59 It generally prints the named files on the destination printer.
61 The following options are available:
62 .Bl -tag -width indent
66 command exit only after further access to any of the input files is no
67 longer required. The application can then safely delete or modify the
68 files without affecting the output operation.
70 Specify a particular printer.
73 is provided on the command line, the contents of the environment
78 (with this precedence)
79 are taken as the destination printer.
83 copies of each of the named files shall be printed.
85 Printer specific options.
86 Not supported, provided only as a compatibility
91 provided only as a compatibility option for
95 As described above, the variables
99 are examined to select the destination printer.
105 command is expected to comply with the
109 This implementation of the
111 command has been written by
116 specification does not provide any means to print non-text files. It
117 rather requires the files to be printed to be text files limited to
118 reasonable line lengths and printable characters.