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

Administering a System: Managing Printers, Software, and Performance

Managing Printers

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Typical LP Commands for Users and LP Administrators

Any user can queue ﬁles to printers, get status of the LP system, cancel

any print job, and mark printers in and out of service.

The following LP commands can be issued by any user. Consult the

HP-UX manpage for options and usage.

LP administrators can change the conﬁguration of the system, mark

printers in and out of service, start and stop the system.

Table 7-3 LP Spooler User Commands

Command Description

lp (1) Sends a print request to a printer or plotter

lpstat (1) Prints information about the status of the LP spooler.

Reports status of the scheduler, printers, printer

classes, and default system printer.

cancel (1) Cancels print requests of spooled ﬁles, speciﬁed by

request IDs.

enable (1) Changes the status of the named printer to activate it

and enable it to print spooled requests.

disable (1) Changes the status of a named printer to deactivate

it and disable it from printing spooled requests.

lpalt (1) Alters a printer request; issues a new request ID.

Table 7-4 LP Administrator Commands

Command Description

lpshut (1M) Shuts down the printer scheduler.

lpadmin (1M) Multifaceted command used to manage the LP

spooler. Capabilities include adding/removing

printers, changing class members, associating a

device ﬁle with a printer, assigning an interface for a

printer, setting a system default destination.

accept (1M) Allow a print destination to accept requests.

reject (1M) Prevent a print destination from accepting requests.