MLP_SPOOL -- Environmental Variable

Pass user-specific information to print spooler

When the command  lp spools a job for printing,  it reads the environmental
variable  MLP_SPOOL  to   find  user-specific  information  for  this  job.
MLP_SPOOL must have the following layout:

  Offset   Length  Description
     0       10    Type of document (user-specific)
    10       3     Page length, lines per page (default, 66)
    13       14    Name of data base (user-specific)
    28       14    Name of program (user-specific)
    42       60    Title (user-specific)

With the  exception of page  length, lp uses  none of these  fields itself;
rather, it  makes them  available to whatever  program the user  (or system
administrator) has selected to process text before it is printed.

See Also

environmental variables,
lp,
lpadmin,
printer

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness