Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a Workgroup

Conﬁguring Printers for a Workgroup

Chapter 4 443

Removing a Printer Class

See “Printer Class” on page 111 to familiarize yourself with this concept.

NOTE You cannot use SAM to remove a printer class.

Using HP-UX

commands

Step 1. Ensure that you have superuser capabilities.

Step 2. Stop the LP spooler:

/usr/sbin/lpshut

For more information, see “Stopping and Restarting the LP Spooler” on

page 703.

Step 3. (Optional): Deny any further print requests for the printer. For example:

/usr/sbin/reject -r"Use alternate printer." laser1

Step 4. (Optional): Determine if there are any jobs in the printer’s queue. For

example:

/usr/bin/lpstat -o laser1

Step 5. (Optional): Move all pending print requests in the request directory for

the printer class to another printer or printer class. For example:

/usr/sbin/lpmove laser1 laser2

Step 6. Remove the printer class. For example:

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -xlaser

Step 7. Restart the LP spooler:

/usr/sbin/lpsched

See lpshut (1M), reject (1M), lpmove (1M), lpadmin (1M), and lpsched

(1M) for details on the command options.