lp behaves differently if you cat a file to it

[Michael Sweet]

demian at csbs.utah.edu wrote:
> ...
> I don't run linux or CUPS yet, but other, (solaris) lp commands
> require the -c option to get around permissions issues. The -c option
> copies the file before it is submitted to the spool. Do you get the
> same functionality for cat file |lp  as you do with lp -c file?

The "-c" option is a no-op with CUPS, since it always sends the
print files via IPP requests.

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