FARGO electronic CUPS HDP5000 Manuel D’Utilisation

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 
 

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 
 

•  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 

HDP5000 Cups (Linux & MAC OS) User Guide Rev1.1 

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