You can specify any file format that CUPS supports, such as PS, BMP, TIFF, or JPEG.
For details about the file formats that CUPS supports, see the homepage for the Common UNIX Printing System (http://www.cups.org/).
When you use the lpr command to print a file, enter the command as follows:
[user@zzz /yyyy]$ lpr -P MP600 [filename] {-o option}
option
Enter option after "-o" in the lpr command. You can also enter it within " ".
The following option values are available. If you omit option, the default values that printer driver stores internally are used.
For details about how to specify the settings, see the explanations for the individual items.
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There are print option combinations that cannot be specified. If a print option is specified incorrectly, the print option is ignored and printing is processed according to the default option and parameter values. For details, see "Usage Restrictions from the CUPS Operation Setting" in "Main Restrictions." |
Example: Printing Sample.png with the default options
[user@zzz /yyyy]$ lpr -P MP600 Sample.png
Example: Printing Sample.png with A5 Page Size and in grayscale
[user@zzz /yyyy]$ lpr -P MP600 Sample.png -o PageSize=a5 -o CNGrayscale