enable(1)




NAME

     enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers


SYNOPSIS

     /usr/bin/enable printer...

     /usr/bin/disable [-c | -W]  [ -r [reason]] printer...


DESCRIPTION

     The enable command  activates  printers,  enabling  them  to
     print  requests  submitted by the lp command. enable must be
     run on the printer server.

     The disable command  deactivates  printers,  disabling  them
     from  printing  requests  submitted  by  the  lp command. By
     default, any requests that are currently printing on printer
     will  be  reprinted  in  their entirety either on printer or
     another member of the same class of  printers.  The  disable
     command must be run on the print server.

     Use lpstat -p to check the status of printers.

     enable  and  disable  only  effect  queueing  on  the  print
     server's  spooling  system.  Executing these commands from a
     client system will have no effect on the server.


OPTIONS

     The following options are supported for use with disable:

     -c    Cancels any requests that are  currently  printing  on
           printer.  This  option  cannot  be  used  with  the -W
           option. If the printer is remote, the -c  option  will
           be silently ignored.

     -W    Waits until the request  currently  being  printed  is
           finished  before disabling printer. This option cannot
           be used with the -c option. If the printer is  remote,
           the -W option will be silently ignored.

     -r [reason]
           Assigns a reason for the disabling of the  printer(s).
           This  reason  applies  to all printers specified. This
           reason is reported by lpstat  -p.  Enclose  reason  in
           quotes  if  it  contains blanks. The default reason is
           "unknown reason" for the existing  printer,  and  "new
           printer" for a printer added to the system but not yet
           enabled.


OPERANDS

     The following operand is supported for both enable and  dis-
     able:

     printer
           The name of the printer to  be  enabled  or  disabled.
           Specify     printer    using    atomic    name.    See
           printers.conf(4) for information regarding the  naming
           conventions for atomic names.


EXIT STATUS

     The following exit values are returned:

     0     Successful completion.

     non-zero
           An error occurred.


FILES

     /var/spool/lp/*
           LP print queue.


ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWpcu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | CSI                         | enabled                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO

     lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)


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