[cups.general] Specifying text file encoding to lpr/lp?

[Michael R Sweet]

John A. Murdie wrote:
> Is it possible to specify the encoding of a file to be printed with lpr(1)/lp(1)? What is the default encoding for text printing? (I can't see anything under the CUPS web printer management 'Set Printer Options' page for a printer, and the manual pages say nothing.)
> ...

No, but for text files the only supported encoding is UTF-8.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer