How to pass extended LPR commands through the LPD interface, such as a pagedef or formdef?

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Issue/Introduction

How to pass extended LPR commands through the LPD interface, such as a pagedef or formdef?

Environment

Release:
Component: CSPOOL

Resolution

You can specify many file attributes as an extended class attribute on the LPR command with the -C control file line. Insure you separate each value with a colon (:) Examples:

LPR -S hostname -P XUNIX -Ca:pagedef=a06462 testfile.txt

LPR -S hostname -P XUNIX -Ca:pagedef=a06462:formdef=a10110 testfile.txt