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diff --git a/source/desktop/command_line_printing/index.rst b/source/desktop/command_line_printing/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c53280a --- /dev/null +++ b/source/desktop/command_line_printing/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +*********************** + Command Line Printing +*********************** + +A list of useful commands and options to print documents from the +command line. + +This assumes a CUPS server, as commonly configured on most Linux +distributions. + +.. only:: html + + .. contents:: + +Printing +======== + +Get a list of available printers +-------------------------------- + +To get a list of all printers, with details:: + + $ lpstat -p + +just the list of all available destinations on the local network:: + + $ lpstat -e + +the current default one:: + + $ lpstat -d + +Printing in greyscale +--------------------- + +To get the list of options available for your printer use:: + + $ lpoptions [-p <printer_name>] -l + +there will be a line like (note that different printers may have a more +specific option that you need to enable):: + + ColorModel/Print Color Mode: Gray *RGB + +and then you'll have to add ``-o ColorModel=Gray`` to the ``lpr`` +command line, e.g.:: + + $ lpr -o ColorModel=Gray <filename> + +File Preparation +================ + +Converting spreadsheet files to PDF +----------------------------------- + +Using the command ``ssconvert`` from Gnumeric:: + + ssconvert <source_filename> <destination>.pdf + +works with any format supported by Gnumeric, including of course ``xls`` +and ``ods``. + +.. + vim: set filetype=rst: |