lprint-add(1)

💖 lprint-add(1) — add a printer queue, bestie 💖

okay so this is the lprint-add(1) manual page by Michael R Sweet, and it’s literally the “create a label printer queue” era. We’re gonna go through every flag, every value, and every tiny detail — no cap, nothing skipped. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

lprint-add — add a printer queue. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lprint add [ -u SYSTEM-URI ] -d PRINTER -m DRIVER-NAME -v DEVICE-URI [
-o OPTION=VALUE ]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This command creates a label printer queue using the specified name, driver, and driver.

bestie, the original really does say “driver, and driver” — we are keeping the lore exactly as written. 😭

✨ OPTIONS ✨

The following options are recognized by lprint add:

• -d PRINTER — specifies the name of the printer queue. 💖
• -m DRIVER-NAME — specifies the name of the printer driver. See lprint-drivers(1) for the command to list the available printer drivers. 🦋
• -o OPTION=VALUE — specifies the default value for the given option name. See lprint-submit(1) for a list of supported options. ✨
• -o label-mode-configured=VALUE — specifies the label printing mode: applicator, cutter, cutter-delayed, kiosk, peel-off, peel-off-prepeel, rewind, rfid, or tear-off. 🎀
• -o label-tear-offset-configured=NNNin — specifies the label tear-off offset in inches (NNNin). 📏
• -o label-tear-offset-configured=NNNmm — specifies the label tear-off offset in millimeters (NNNmm). 📏
• -o printer-darkness-configured=NNN — specifies the base darkness setting for all print jobs as a percentage. 0 represents the lightest printing while 100 represents the darkest printing. 🔥
• -o printer-geo-location=geo:=LATLON — specifies the geographic location of the printer as a geo: URI. 🌍
• -o printer-location=LOCATION — specifies the human-readable location, for example "Rack 42". 📍
• -o printer-organization=ORGANIZATION — specifies the organization name, for example "Acme, Inc.". 🏢
• -o printer-organizational-unit=UNIT — specifies the organizational unit, for example "Shipping Department". 📦
• -u SYSTEM-URI — specifies a remote LPrint server to use. The SYSTEM-URI is of the form ipps://HOSTNAME:PORT/ipp/system. 🌐
• -v DEVICE-URI — specifies the device for the printer queue. The value can be a socket: URI such as socket://11.22.33.44 or a usb: URI as listed by the lprint-devices(1) command. 🔌

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lprint(1), lprint-delete(1), lprint-devices(1), lprint-drivers(1), lprint-modify(1), lprint-options(1), lprint-submit(1) — go read those too, bestie. 🫶

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2019-2026 by Michael R Sweet.

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That’s the whole lprint-add(1) page: source/version is LPrint, the date is 2026-06-03, and it’s giving iconic queue-creation energy. Go add that printer queue and slay. 💖✨