Control printers in Linux from the command line

This article is based on command lines available in RedHat Linux 9.0, the latest release available. Each flavor of UNIX has slightly different command lines, and some UNIX flavors are not yet using CUPS, so the commands can be very different. A good idea is to take a look at the main page for the various command lines to examine and choose the proper options. I will point out some of the differences in commands throughout the article.