1<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2<html> 3<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4<head> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> 6 <title>lpc(8)</title> 7</head> 8<body> 9<h1 class="title">lpc(8)</h1> 10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11lpc - line printer control program (deprecated) 12<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> 13<b>lpc</b> 14[ 15<i>command</i> 16[ 17<i>parameter(s)</i> 18] ] 19<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 20<b>lpc</b> provides limited control over printer and class queues provided by CUPS. It can also be used to query the state of queues. 21<p>If no command is specified on the command-line, <b>lpc</b> displays a prompt and accepts commands from the standard input. 22<h3><a name="COMMANDS">Commands</a></h3> 23The <b>lpc</b> program accepts a subset of commands accepted by the Berkeley <b>lpc</b> program of the same name: 24<dl class="man"> 25<dt><b>exit</b> 26<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Exits the command interpreter. 27<dt><b>help </b>[<i>command</i>] 28<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>? </b>[<i>command</i>] 29<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Displays a short help message. 30<dt><b>quit</b> 31<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Exits the command interpreter. 32<dt><b>status </b>[<i>queue</i>] 33<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Displays the status of one or more printer or class queues. 34</dl> 35<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2> 36This program is deprecated and will be removed in a future feature release of CUPS. 37<p>Since <b>lpc</b> is geared towards the Berkeley printing system, it is impossible to use <b>lpc</b> to configure printer or class queues provided by CUPS. 38To configure printer or class queues you must use the 39<b>lpadmin</b>(8) 40command or another CUPS-compatible client with that functionality. 41<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 42<b>cancel</b>(1), 43<b>cupsaccept</b>(8), 44<b>cupsenable</b>(8), 45<b>lp</b>(1), 46<b>lpadmin</b>(8), 47<b>lpr</b>(1), 48<b>lprm</b>(1), 49<b>lpstat</b>(1), 50CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 51<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 52Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. 53 54</body> 55</html> 56