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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