LprGUI

QT5 based frontend for lpr cli command.

This is a simple gui frontend to the lpr command, as qt5 doesn't play well with cups, if your app allows you to set a print command you can use this. There are other GUI's for lp/lpr but they seem to have large dependencies, or need specific librarary versions, this application just needs lpr and lpoptions which are part of CUPS and a reasonable new QT5, which most distros will have installed as default.

You can also use this as a standalone app to print any file.

You will also of course need a build system ( g++,make qt5 dev files etc ).

Building/Installing:

make
sudo make install

or make DESTDIR="/path/to/install/location" install

Or you can build with qmake:

mkdir build && build
qmake ..
make
sudo make install

or make INSTALL_ROOT="/path/to/install/location" install

You can run the application without needing to install it if you just want to try it.
App will now exit gracefully if CUPS is not running or there are no reported printers.

Files to be printed can be selected via the 'Select Files' button or entered into the files box manualy, files should be sepereated by a colon like so:
/media/LinuxData/Development64/CPPScripts/qt5/hilighting/C++.txt.cpp:/media/LinuxData/Development64/CPPScripts/qt5/hilighting/testqthilite.cpp

Options can be entered into the options box seperated by a colon eg:
orientation-requested=6:number-up=4

Custom options override prefs and cli options.

Options are printer dependant and can be found with:
lpoptions -p NAMEOFPRINTER

Finished saving and restoring options, have fun!

BUGS etc. kdhedger68713@gmail.com