Technical data

Use the pdenable command to enable a physical printer. When you enable
a physical printer:
• The queue named in the associated-queue attribute must already
exist.
• The printer is added to the physical-printers-ready attribute for
the supervisor, spooler, and queue.
The pdenable command has the following command-line syntax:
pdenable [-c class_name] [-mmessage_txt] [-x extended_attribute_string] [-X
attribute_filename server_name printer_name]
Because printer is the default class for the pdenable command, you do not
have to use the -c option to specify a class when you enable a printer.
The following examples who how to enable a physical printer:
• To enable the printer dec5100:
# pdenable dec5100
• To enable the printer lxk4039 and include a message describing the
printer and the printer location.
# pdenable -m "High-speed PostScript - Lab 2B" lxk4039
6.2.5 Disabling a Physical Printer
Use the pddisable command to disable a physical printer. When you
disable a physical printer, the printer will not accept new print jobs; however,
any jobs currently printing or processing are completed.
When you disable a physical printer, the name of the printer is removed
from the physical-printers-ready attribute on the supervisor, queue,
and spooler.
The pddisable command has the following command-line syntax:
pddisable [-c printer] [-m message_txt] [-x extended_attribute_string] [-X
attribute_filename server_name printer_name ]
The following example shows how to disable a physical printer lxk4039:
# pddisable lxk4039
6.2.6 Pausing a Physical Printer
Use the pdpause command to pause output on a physical printer. When
you pause a physical printer:
• The supervisor stops sending print data to the output device.
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