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lpoptions(1) OpenPrinting lpoptions(1)
lpoptions - display or set per-user printer options and defaults
lpoptions [ -h server[:port] ] [ -E ] -d destination[/instance] [
-l ]
lpoptions [ -h server[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -p destination[/instance]
] -o option[=value] ...
lpoptions [ -h server[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -p destination[/instance]
] -r option
lpoptions [ -h server[:port] ] [ -E ] -x destination[/instance]
lpoptions displays or sets printer options and defaults. If no
printer is specified using the -p option, the default printer is
used as described in lp(1).
If no -l, -o, or -r options are specified, the current options are
reported on the standard output.
Options set with the lpoptions command are used by the lp(1) and
lpr(1) commands when submitting jobs.
When run by the root user, lpoptions gets and sets default options
and instances for all users in the /etc/cups/lpoptions file.
Otherwise, the per-user defaults are managed in the
~/.cups/lpoptions file.
lpoptions supports the following options:
-E Enables encryption when communicating with the CUPS server.
-d destination[/instance]
Sets the user default printer to destination. If instance is
supplied then that particular instance is used. This option
overrides the system default printer for the current user.
-h server[:port]
Uses an alternate server. Note: This option must occur
before all others.
-l Lists the printer specific options and their current
settings.
-o option[=value]
Specifies a new option for the named destination.
-p destination[/instance]
Sets the destination and instance, if specified, for any
options that follow. If the named instance does not exist
then it is created. Destinations can only be created using
the lpadmin(8) program.
-r option
Removes the specified option from the named destination.
-x destination[/instance]
Removes the options for the named destination and instance,
if specified. If the named instance does not exist then this
does nothing. Destinations can only be removed using the
lpadmin(8) command.
The following environment variables override the default
destination:
LPDEST
Specifies the default print queue (System V standard).
PRINTER
Specifies the default print queue (Berkeley standard).
~/.cups/lpoptions - user defaults and instances created by non-
root users.
/etc/cups/lpoptions - system-wide defaults and instances created
by the root user.
The lpoptions command is unique to CUPS.
cancel(1), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpr(1), lprm(1), CUPS Online Help
(http://localhost:631/help)
Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
This page is part of the CUPS (a standards-based, open source
printing system) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩. If you have a
bug report for this manual page, see
⟨https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/openprinting/cups⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At that
time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
repository was 2025-08-07.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
[email protected]
2024-04-02 CUPS lpoptions(1)
Pages that refer to this page: cups(1), lp(1), lpr(1), lpstat(1), lpadmin(8)
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