Command line printing to usb printer

[Keith Clark]

On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 11:48 -0700, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 08:39 -0500, Keith Clark wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 06:04 -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> > > Keith Clark wrote:
> > > > How do I redirect the output of a command to my USB connected laser
> > > > printer.  Here is the output of lpinfo for the target printer:
> 
> > Sorry, I should have been a little clearer.  I meant a command on the
> > command line (terminal).  My printer works fine when I use GUI
> > applications.  I'm using 9.04.
> 
> lp or lpr will work.  You need to know the printer name or set it as the
> default with lpadmin.
> 
> Both accept input from stdin without a file argument.  You might also
> want to filter the command output through "pr" to page the output
> nicely.  Something like:
> 
> <command> | pr | lp -d <printer>
> 
> -- 
Where does one find the "name" of a printer?

Keith