Sending A Print Job To A Printer from the Linux command line by OnWorks

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Sending A Print Job To A Printer

The CUPS printing suite supports two methods of printing historically used on Unix-like systems. One method, called Berkeley or LPD (used in the Berkeley Software Distribu- tion version of Unix), uses the lpr program, while the other method, called SysV (from the System V version of Unix), uses the lp program. Both programs do roughly the same thing. Choosing one over the other is a matter of personal taste.