LPRng-HOWTO: 17 Jan 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.20)
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# 6.8. Record Queue Name in Control File

Options used:

- `qq` FLAG Insert queue name into control file

- `force_queuename=`Queuename to be used

The `:qq` use queuename option tells LPRng to record the queue name that a job was originally queued to in the control file as the `Q` information. The `force_queuename=...` entry forces the queue name to be the specified value. For example, the following printcap entry and lpr commands will result in a filter being passed the arguments shown below.

        #printcap
          pr1_landscape|pr1_portrait|pr_raw
           :filter=/.../filter
           :lp=/dev/pr
           :qq

        lpr -Ppr1_landscape      lpr -Ppr1_portrait
          control file -
            Qpr1_landscape          Qpr1_portrait

        filter command line:
          ... -Qpr1_landscape     ... -Qpr1_portrait

The `force_queuename` can be used for force a specific value into the control file `Q` information.

        john|tom|frank
          :filter=/.../filter
          :lp=/dev/pr
          :force_queuename=office

        lpr -Pjohn
          control file -
           Qoffice

        filter command line:
          ... -Qoffice

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