Printing pages from 7 to 17 by lpr

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How can you print pages from 7 to 17 by lpr?

Sathyajith Bhat · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-03T09:22:04.313

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lpr -P myprinter -o page-ranges=7-17

where myprinter is the name of your printer

edited Dec 03 '09 at 09:22

answered Nov 26 '09 at 14:35

Sathyajith Bhat

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How did you find the information about the flag: `- page-ranges=7-17 `.? It is not in my manual in Ubuntu. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Dec 02 '09 at 20:03
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I just Googled for "lpr page range" - and lo - first result – Sathyajith Bhat Dec 02 '09 at 21:42
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i think the command should be `-o page-ranges=7-17` not `- page-ranges=7-17`. can't test since i have no printer, but you don't give your source so i can't look to see if the typo is yours or theirs. – quack quixote Dec 02 '09 at 23:11
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@~quack That's correct. Not sure how I missed typing the missing letter. – Sathyajith Bhat Dec 03 '09 at 09:22
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Depending on how you installed lpr, -o may or may not work! See here: http://superuser.com/questions/230379/adobe-reader-seems-to-use-wrong-lpr-command-when-printing-to-cups and here: http://superuser.com/questions/371577/how-do-i-tell-aptitude-or-apt-to-offer-a-particular-version-of-lpr – zebonaut Dec 29 '11 at 22:35
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@Masi Standard options are described [in CUPS online documentation](https://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html#OPTIONS). And from the same page : "*Printer-specific options are also available and can be listed using the lpoptions command: `lpoptions -p printer -l`*". – Skippy le Grand Gourou May 12 '16 at 10:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '10 at 22:34

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Masi, the command IS documented on your Ubuntu box, in the online-help for CUPS. Visit

http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=#PAGERANGES

to see what I mean.

answered Jul 05 '10 at 22:34

Kurt Pfeifle

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For some reason, the page-ranges options is not listed in the `man` page, though… – Socob Mar 11 '22 at 15:18

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '18 at 14:13

man lp has the -P option for page range:

    -P page-list
        Specifies which pages to print in the document.  The list can contain a list of numbers and ranges  (#-#)  separated  by  commas,
        e.g.,  "1,3-5,16".   The  page numbers refer to the output pages and not the document's original pages - options like "number-up"
        can affect the numbering of the pages.

Here is a full command I use often:

lp -P 5-22 -o media=A4 -o number-up=2 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -o fit-to-page R-ints.pdf

Printing pages from 7 to 17 by lpr

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