User`s guide

Chapter 4:Using PShop
10 - PShop User’s Guide
Using PShop on BSD Style Print Systems (SunOS 4.x, Linux and Digital
UNIX)
When you have completed the PShop installation, you will have a new print
queue available. You should now be able to print by typing:
lpr -P<printer_name> <file>
You may want to take a few moments to review the man pages for lpr. There are
many options available.
Specifiying Printing Options
If you want to pass parameters to vvprint that are not understood by lpr (for
example, to set scaling or brightness), you must use Vividata’s vvlpr utility. vvlpr
is used instead of lpr. vvlpr accepts the system’s lpr options and all of vvprint’s
options. For example, using vvlpr to set “scaling” to 100, “bright” to 75, and
printing to a print queue named “cj10”, you would use the following:
vvlpr -Pcj10 -scaling=100 -bright=75 <file>
Also note that you can set specific vvprint options in the printer interface script
using the VVP_OPTIONS environment variable. The options speicified in this
string in the interface script will override any options a user specifies with vvlpr.
This can be used by a system administrator to specify an override for any
user-specified options.
For information about PShop command-line options, please refer to “Appendix
A: vvprint/vvlpr Commands & Parameters” on page 21.