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To Print Using Cups/Lpr/Lp

Fleeting

to print using cups, see https://www.cups.org/doc/options.html

To change the log level of cups dynamically

cupsctl LogLevel=debug # warn

lpr

to specify the pages to print, like pages 7 to 17 lpr -o page-ranges=7-17

to cancel lprm

to see the jobs lpstat

Or

lpq

to see the available options lpoptions -l

for instance

lpoptions -l | gi "color\|size"

PageSize/Media Size: Photo2L LSIZ Card3x5 Photo4x5 Card4x6 Card10x15 Photo_4x12 Card5x7 FLSA *Letter Oufuku ENVELOPE_NO_6_75 Env A4 A5 A6 B5176x250 B5 Env10 EnvA2 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL EnvMonarch EnvChou3 EnvChou4 PostCard 3x5in Card4x6in Card5x8in Executive A48.27x11.69 Legal USLETTER Statement
ColorModel/Output Mode: *RGB CMYGray KGray

lpr -o ColorModel=KGray -o media=a4 myfile

to configure the printer graphically system-config-printer

it also gives more information, like this one

I can also use ipp, clk printer ipp print

And to find the alerts

clk printer alerts

clk printer alerts

printer-alert (1setOf octetString) = code=unknown;severity=other;group=other,code=unknown;severity=other;group=other,code=unknown;severity=critical;group=other
printer-alert-description (1setOf textWithoutLanguage) = Genuine %s cartridge.,Genuine %s cartridge.,Out of Paper