HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

Table 4-3 LP Spooler User Commands (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Changes the status of a named printer to deactivate it and disable it from printing
spooled requests.
disable(1)
Alters a printer request; issues a new request ID.lpalt(1)
LP administrators can change the configuration of the system, mark printers in and
out of service, start and stop the system.
Table 4-4 LP Administrator Commands
DescriptionCommand
Shuts down the printer scheduler.lpshut(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.
lpadmin(1M)
Allow a print destination to accept requests.accept(1M)
Prevent a print destination from accepting requests.reject(1M)
Schedules print requests for printing to destinations; typically invoked at system
startup.
lpsched(1M)
Moves requests from one printer to another.lpmove(1M)
Defines the minimum priority for which a spooled file can be printed.lpfence(1M)
Configuring Printers to Use the LP Spooler
This section provides information on performing the following procedures:
• “Initializing the LP Spooler ” (page 170)
• “Adding a Local Printer to the LP Spooler ” (page 170)
• “Adding a Remote Printer to the LP Spooler ” (page 171)
• “Adding a Network-Based Printer” (page 174)
• “Creating a Printer Class ” (page 174)
• “Removing a Printer from the LP Spooler” (page 175)
• “Removing a Printer from a Printer Class” (page 176)
• “Removing a Printer Class” (page 177)
Configuring Printers to Use the LP Spooler 169