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Printing two pages per sheet from the command line

Say I start off from a PDF document, say of 12 pages, viewed with evince. To produce another PDF of 6 sheets, with a page setup of two pages per side, I normally use the "Print to File" device listed in the ^P dialogue window. This works out…
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Duplex printing options using lp or lpr

The default options for a Brother MFC-9340CDW printer, are reportedly (e.g. querried via lpoptions -l) set to: PageSize/Media Size: *A4 Letter Legal Executive A5 A6 B5 JISB5 JISB6 EnvDL EnvC5 Env10 EnvMonarch Br3x5 FanFoldGermanLegal EnvPRC5Rotated…
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Print a text file from a line number to another after searching for the lines

I want to print a text file from X line number to Y line number The value of X & Y is determined by searching for a specific line in the text file(in this case the page number) I search for the line by the following command echo -n |grep -nr "Page…
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How to add a USB printer using lpadmin

I'm trying to use this old technology called USB ;) I call it old because all the tutorial that I find on-line deal with wireless printers or IP ones. The man for lpadmin is very unclear how to go about adding a USB printer, and so I come here for…
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limitations of CUPS command line printing of image files

I have my default printer set: lpoptions -d HP_ENVY_5530_series. I can print some text: echo HELLO > h.txt lp h.txt CUPS understands many different types of files directly, including text, PostScript, PDF, and image files. I can print a Portable…
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How to Print All Pages of a PDF using lp or lpr

I'm getting a strange behavior with the lp command on Mac OS Catalina. I have a 12-page PDF file and want to print all pages in the PDF. I'm hoping to print hundreds of PDFs using lp or lpr with a variable number of pages. The following only prints…
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lp & Epson WF: set quality of printing

I use Epson WF 7510 printer, and I can print in any quality I choose (draft/normal/best) using system tools (OS X). But I cannot change the quality of printing in command line: lp -o EPIJ_Qual=... has no effect. How can I change the quality of…
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Formatting file in command line for printing

Whenever I print a text file with the lpr or lp commands, the words are cut off at the end of one line and continue onto the other; for example, 'understand' would be split into 'unde' at the end of line one and 'rstand' at the beginning of other.…
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Can groff create a ps file with interpreted ANSI escape characters?

This question is inspired by this one on SU. How can I print bold or color using lp and ANSI escape sequences? I know how to display, for example, bold text in the terminal: $ echo -e '\033[01;1mthis text will be bold\033[00;0m,this will not' this…
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Unable to print with lp "No such file or directory"

I have a setup that worked fine (on Synology NAS), until a recent update. lp can apparently not print, even though the printer seems to exist okay: $ lpstat -p -d printer HP8210 is idle. enabled since Fri 25 Feb 2022 11:35:36 AM CET printer HP8740…
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Unable to detect print command failure on remote host

I have a remote Mac that is connected to the printer. I trigger the print on my Mac remotely using ssh from my local system using "ssh port forwarding/tunneling" discussed here. Below is my code on the local system that triggers the printer lp…
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How to print images two-sided using `lpr`?

I have several photos, which I wish to print on a single piece of paper. I have already tried: Using convert to combine all images per side. However, now I need to print them two-sided. Using convert to combine them into a single PDF for some…
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Thermal Printer - Send image via /dev/usb/lp0

I am working with a Raspberry Pi Zero W, and I am attempting to print an image (jpg/png) file to the printer. Currently, I am having success using commands such as echo "hello" /dev/usb/lp0 and sending commands using commands such as echo -e "1B6D"…
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What command is gimp using to print?

All programs/commands I attempt to print certain PDFs with (lpr, lp, Okular, Evince, Xpdf) print solid black pages. The one exception is Gimp, which allows me to import PDFs one page at a time and properly print. Obviously, this isn't a practical…
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Using interface file with LP and txt2pdf utility to transform print file to PDF

Our legacy application uses LP commands on Solaris 5.10 to print report files to printers throughout our org. However, now we have a remote location that won't have access to a printer (at least not one on a reliable network) so I'm trying to setup…
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