Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

tunelp

Synopsis

                  tunelp 
                  device [options]

System administration command. Control a line printer’s device parameters. Without options, print information about device(s).

Options

-a [on|off]

Specify whether or not to abort if the printer encounters an error. By default, do not abort.

-c n

Retry device n times if it refuses a character. (Default is 250.) After exhausting n, sleep before retrying.

-i irq

Use irq for specified parallel port. Ignore -t and -c. If 0, restore noninterrupt driven (polling) action.

-o [on|off]

Specify whether to abort if device is not online or is out of paper.

-q [on|off]

Specify whether to print current IRQ setting.

-r

Reset port.

-s

Display printer’s current status.

-t time

Specify a delay of time in jiffies to sleep before resending a refused character to the device. A jiffy is defined as either one tick of the system clock or one AC cycle time; it should be approximately 1/100 of a second.

-w time

Specify a delay of time in jiffies to sleep before resending a strobe signal.

-C [on|off]

Specify whether to be extremely careful in checking for printer error. Obsolete; the default beginning with Linux 2.1.131.

-T [on|off]

Tell the lp driver whether it can trust the IRQ. Useful only if using with interrupts, to handle IRQ printing efficiently. Requires at least Linux 2.1.131.