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Specify the attributes files

To print file File5 on the default printer and to specify the two attributes files default.att and special.att, enter:

lp -o "attributes=default attributes=special" File5

Suppose that the file default file contains these lines:

input-tray=bottom
duplex=yes
output-bin=collator

The file special file contains these lines:

input-tray=top
copies=5
title-text='Special Report'

The preceding command is equivalent to this command:

lp -o "input-tray=top duplex=yes output-bin=collator
copies=5 title-text='Special Report'" File5

The value of input-tray in special.att overrides the value in default.att because you specified special.att last.

Note: These examples assume that the attributes files are in the current directory or that you have set the AOPPATH environment variable to include the directories where the attributes files reside. If this is not the case, you would specify the attributes files by their absolute path names.