You open your document, you click print, you wait.
You exit the document, open a new one, click print, and wait… and so on.
But printing really shouldnt be that dull.
We can send bulk emails with little effort; why cant we bulk print with the same ease?
Well, if youre using Linux, it turns out you’ve got the option to.
A host of other terminal-based printing tricks are available on Linux.
it’s possible for you to check from the Printers parameters screen, but that takes longer.
To see installed printers on the desktop interface, openSettings > Printers.
Youll need to scroll through the list of results to find a specific IP address.
Its a longer solution, albeit one that has uses beyond printing.
In most distros it isnt possible to see a printers IP address from the desktop environment.
Print a Document From the Linux Terminal
Printing a single document on Linux is easy enough.
Simply fire up the PDF or other file format, then click thePrintoption in the menu.
Things are different in the terminal, however.
You dont even need to initiate the terminal in the same directory as the file you gotta print.
As long as you have the absolute file path to the document or image, it will print.
Beware: some documents will not print in this way.
But you’ve got the option to use these commands to print ODT files and PDFs.
Attempting to select multiple documents and printing them on the desktop environment typically ends with a single print job.
To batch printthat is, to print multiple documents in the same jobyou need to use a terminal command.
Thelprcommand is enough here.
All you better do is follow it with the file paths of the files you wish to print.
you’re able to even streamline this further.
Start by opening a window of all the documents, then open a terminal window.
In the terminal, enterlp, then drag the files to the terminal.
HitEnter, then wait for batch printing to complete.
Before proceeding, ensure that you have a printer set as the default.
Otherwise, you should know the name of the printer if several are available on your internet.
This ensures the command to flush the print queue is sent to the correct gear.
The easiest way to tackle this is to send a command to dump the print queue.
Indeed, its worth knowing how to print from any unit, just in case.
