lpc(8)

💅 lpc(8) — the line printer control program (deprecated bestie, sorry)

okay so this is lpc, from the OpenPrinting manual, section 8. she's a legacy girlie and we're gonna talk about her anyway 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lpc [ command [ parameter(s) ] ]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, lpc gives you limited control over printer and class queues that are provided by CUPS. limited!! that word is doing heavy lifting, bestie, don't skip it. 💀

she can also be used to query the state of queues, which is honestly her main character moment.

and here's the cute part: if you don't specify any command on the command-line, lpc displays a prompt and just... accepts commands from standard input. interactive queen. she's chatting with you directly. 🫶

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🎀 COMMANDS 🎀

so lpc accepts a subset of the commands that the Berkeley lpc program of the same name accepts. subset, okay? not the whole thing. just these:

• exit — exits the command interpreter. bye bestie 👋
• help [command]
• ? [command] — displays a short help message. short!! don't expect a novel. ✨
• quit — exits the command interpreter. (yes she has two ways to leave, she's dramatic like that 💅)
• status [queue] — displays the status of one or more printer or class queues. this is the one you actually came here for ngl 👑

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⚠️ NOTES ⚠️

this program is deprecated and will be removed in a future feature release of CUPS. like, fr fr. she's on her way out. 😭

and also — this is important, so pay attention:

since lpc is geared towards the Berkeley printing system, it is impossible to use lpc to configure printer or class queues provided by CUPS. like, genuinely not a thing she can do. 🙈

to configure printer or class queues you must use the lpadmin(8) command, or another CUPS-compatible client that has that functionality. that's the move. that's the vibe. 🌈

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

cancel(1), cupsaccept(8), cupsenable(8), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

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and that's the whole page, babe — this was the lpc(8) entry from the CUPS gang at OpenPrinting, dated 2021-02-28. go configure your queues with lpadmin(8) instead, ily, mwah 💖✨