#install cups lpr - This is different then the lpr stand alone package
sudo apt install cups cups-bsd hplip

# setup network printer
lpadmin -p HP_PRINTER -E -v ipp://192.168.1.170/ipp/print -m everywhere

# set default printer
lpoptions -d HP_PRINTER

#get a list of printers
lpstat -p -d

#if you don't have a default printer set for your system
lpoptions -d ""

#print to default printer
lpr file.txt
lpr file.pdf
lpr file.png
echo "Hello World"|lpr
ls |lpr

#choose printer to print to
lpr -P "" file.txt 

###Print to PDF###
sudo apt install cups-pdf

#print to pdf
#output goes in ~/PDF
lpr -P PDF file.txt

#set job title
lpr -P PDF -t My_Text_File file.txt

#set PDF as default printer
lpoptions -d "PDF"
lpr -P PDF -t My_Text_File file.txt

#set jobs and information
lpstat -o
lpstat -t

#Cancel the current job on the default printer:
lprm

#Cancel job 1234:
lprm 1234

#Cancel all jobs:
lprm -


###print office document##
#lpr can not print office docs
#so we convert them to pdf first with unoconv
sudo apt install unoconv
unoconv --stdout /tmp/file.odt |lpr -P PDF -T Writer_Document
unoconv --stdout /tmp/sheet.ods |lpr -P PDF -T Spread_Sheet