MLP_FORMLEN -- Environmental Variable

Set default page length

When the command  lp spools a job for printing,  it reads the environmental
variable MLP_FORMLEN to find the length, in lines, of the form on which the
job is  to be printed.  In  the United States, a line is  defined to be one
pica high (that is, one sixth  of an inch).  The default is length 66 lines
(11 inches).  (NB, the COHERENT command  units gives a handy way to convert
from picas or inches into metric units.)

The printer daemon lpsched uses this  information to help it count pages of
input  -- so  you can  specify  the range  of pages  that it  should print.
Unfortunately, lpsched  identifies a  page by  counting lines of  input, so
this  feature works  only it  prints ``straight'' text.   It does  not work
correctly with ``cooked'' input, such as files of PostScript or PCL.

See Also

environmental variables,
lp,
lpadmin,
printer

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness