lprint-modify(1)

💅 lprint-modify — like, the lprint-modify(1) page but make it make sense

okay bestie, so the full title of this one is lprint-modify(1) — it lives in the LPrint manual (that's section 1, the "commands you actually type" section 🫶) — and honestly? it's a little guy with one very specific job. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lprint-modify — modify a printer queue 💅

like, you already have a queue and you just wanna tweak it. that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lprint modify -d PRINTER [ -o OPTION=VALUE ]
lprint modify -u PRINTER-URI [ -o OPTION=VALUE ]

okay so notice the shape here: you either point at a queue by name with -d, or at a remote printer by URI with -u. pick one, bestie, not both, and then sprinkle your -o OPTION=VALUE on top like glitter 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This command modifies an existing label printer queue.

that's it. that's the whole paragraph. it doesn't create one (that's somebody else's job 👀), it doesn't delete one — it modifies one that already exists. glow-up only, no origin story 💖

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

The following options are recognized by lprint modify — these are the levers, and you're the main character pulling them 🌈

• -d PRINTER-NAME — Specifies the name of the print queue. like, which queue are we doing surgery on today? 🩺
• -o OPTION=VALUE — Specifies the default value for the given option name. and for the full list of supported options, go peek at lprint-submit(1) — that's where the menu lives, iykyk 🍓
• -o label-mode-configured=VALUE — Specifies the label printing mode. and the values are, in order: "applicator", "cutter", "cutter-delayed", "kiosk", "peel-off", "peel-off-prepeel", "rewind", "rfid", or "tear-off". that's a lot of modes and yes, you have to pick exactly one, no cap 💀
• -o label-tear-offset-configured=NNNin — (this is the inches half of the pair right below, don't panic, it's the same option, two formats 🫶)
• -o label-tear-offset-configured=NNNmm — Specifies the label tear-off offset in inches ("NNNin") or millimeters ("NNNmm"). so like... NNNin for inches, NNNmm for millimeters. units are literally in the value, iconic ⭐
• -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. so it's a 0-to-100 slider and yes, 100 is the full send 🔥
• -o printer-geo-location=geo:=LATLON — Specifies the geographic location of the printer as a "geo:" URI. yes the literal string geo:=LATLON, that's not a typo, that's just how it is 🙈
• -o printer-location=LOCATION — Specifies the human-readable location, for example "Rack 42". for the humans, bestie 🫶
• -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". this is the "which department owns this thing" slot 📦
• -u PRINTER-URI — Specifies an "ipp:" or "ipps:" URI for a remote printer. remote bestie, not local bestie 🌐

heads up: several of these options show up as two entries in the list above (looking at you, label-tear-offset-configured) — that's because the docs list each accepted format on its own line. same option, different unit suffix, okay? don't come for me 💅

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• lprint(1)
• lprint-add(1)
• lprint-delete(1)
• lprint-devices(1)
• lprint-drivers(1)
• lprint-options(1)
• lprint-submit(1)

that's the whole friend group, go say hi 💜

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🌸 COPYRIGHT 🌸

Copyright © 2019-2026 by Michael R Sweet.

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and that's the tea, bestie 🎀 this page is from the LPrint manual, dated 2026-06-03, and it's giving very "small page, very specific job" energy. go modify a queue, you've got this 💖✨