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

Administering a System: Managing Printers, Software, and Performance
Managing Printers
Chapter 7710
Administering HP Distributed Print Service (HPDPS)
• Table 7-6, “HPDPS Administrator Commands (summary),” on
page 711
• “Migrating LP Spooler Printers to HPDPS” on page 712
For detailed information on administering HPDPS, refer to the manual,
HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide.
For conceptual information on HPDPS, see “HP Distributed Print
Service (HPDPS)” on page 113.
For information on configuring HPDPS, see “Configuring Printers to Use
HPDPS” on page 444.
IMPORTANT HPDPS is not supported on releases after HP-UX 11i Version 1
Summary of HPDPS Commands
Table 7-5, “HPDPS User Commands (summary),” on page 710 lists
common HPDPS user-level commands:
lpsched (1M) Schedules print requests for printing to destinations;
typically invoked at system startup.
lpmove (1M) Moves requests from one printer to another.
lpfence (1M) Defines the minimum priority for which a spooled file
can be printed.
Table 7-4 LP Administrator Commands (Continued)
Command Description
Table 7-5 HPDPS User Commands (summary)
Command Purpose
pdpr (1) Submit print jobs to logical printers.
pdls (1) List selected attribute values for one or more
print jobs or other HPDPS objects.