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LPBANNER(1)			 lpbanner filter		     LPBANNER(1)

NAME
     lpbanner, pclbanner, psbanner - printer banners in text, PCL and PostScript

SYNOPSIS
     lpbanner  [  -l length ] [ -w width ] [ -P printer ] [ -L bannername ] [ -n
     loginname ] [ -h host ] [ -J jobtitle ] [ -C class ] [ -? option args  ]  [
     all ]

DESCRIPTION
     The  lpbanner program is used to print a simple banner on a fixed size font
     printer, the pclbanner program generates a PCL banner and the psbanner pro-
     gram generates a PostScript banner.   All	information  to  be  printed  is
     passed  using  command line arguments.  In order to be compatible with vin-
     tage line printer spoolers, reads a line form standard input,  but  ignores
     the information.

OPTIONS
     -w width
	    Page width in characters (default 132).

     -l length
	    Page length in lines (default 60).

     -P printer
	    printer queue for banner information.

     -L bannername
	    Name used on banner as main name.

     -n loginname
	    Name used on banner as login name.

     -h host
	    Name used on banner as host name.

     -J jobtitle
	    String used on banner as main title.

     -C class
	    String used on banner as class.

     -? value
	    All other options and arguments provided by LPRng are ignored.

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     zero (0)	    Successful completion.

     non-zero (!=0)
		    An error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     lpd.conf(5),  lpc(8),  lpd(8),  checkpc(8), lpr(1), lpq(1), lprm(1), print-
     cap(5), lpd.conf(5), pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).

AUTHOR
     Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.

HISTORY
     LPRng is a enhanced printer spooler system with  functionality  similar  to
     the  Berkeley  LPR software.  The LPRng developer mailing list is lprng-de-
     vel@lists.sourceforge.net;  subscribe  by	visiting   https://lists.source-
     forge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel   or	 sending   mail   to   lprng-re-
     quest@lists.sourceforge.net with the word subscribe in the body.
     The software is available via http://lprng.sourceforge.net

LPRng				   2006-12-09			     LPBANNER(1)

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