lpmove(8)

lpmove8

Move a job or all jobs to a new destination

Usage

lpmove [-E] [-h server [:port]] [-U username] job destination

lpmove [-E] [-h server [:port]] [-U username] source destination

Overview

lpmove moves the specified job or all jobs from source to destination. job can be the job ID number or the old destination and job ID.

Options

The lpmove command supports the following options:

-E

Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

-U username

Specifies an alternate username.

-h server[:port]

Specifies an alternate server.

Examples

Move job 123 from "oldprinter" to "newprinter":

    lpmove 123 newprinter
            or
    lpmove oldprinter-123 newprinter

Move all jobs from "oldprinter" to "newprinter":

    lpmove oldprinter newprinter

Releases

Unchanged in 45 releases since macOS 10.15.

  1. 10.15–26.5

From cups 522.4 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.