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• The output device stops printing as soon as possible.
• The spooler associated with the printer does not schedule new jobs while
the printer is in the paused state.
If the printer is not printing when paused, it still requires a resume
operation (pdresume) to start printing again.
The pdpause command has the following command-line syntax:
pdpause [-c class_name] [-m message_txt] [-x extended_attribute_string] [-X
attribute_filename] [printer_name]
Because printer is the default class for the pdpause command, you do not
have to use the -c option to specify a class when you enable a printer.
• To pause the printer dec5100:
# pdpause dec5100
6.2.7 Resuming a Physical Printer
Use the pdresume command to resume operation of a printer that has been
paused by the pdpause command. When you resume a printer, the printer
resumes printing the currently assigned print job, if there is one, from the
point where the job was paused.
The pdresume has the following command-line syntax:
pdresume [-c class_name] [-m message_txt] [-x extended_attribute_string]
[-X attribute_filename printer_name]
The default class for this command is printer.
The following example shows how to restart the printer, hpcolorPS:
# pdresume hpcolorPS
6.2.8 Deleting a Physical Printer Object
Use the pddelete command to delete a physical printer object.
Before you can delete a physical printer object, the printer must be disabled
and all active jobs must be deleted.
The following attributes are updated when you delete a physical printer:
• The physical-printers-supported attributes for the supervisor,
spooler, and queue are updated.
• The printers-ready and printer-associated-printers attributes
for the logical printer are updated.
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