enable(1M)
enable, disable --
enable/disable LP printers
Synopsis
enable printers
disable [options] printers
Description
The enable command activates the named
printers,
enabling them to print requests submitted by
the lp command.
If the printer is remote,
the command will only enable the transfer of requests
to the remote system;
the enable command must be run again,
on the remote system,
to activate the printer.
(Run lpstat -p to get the status of printers.)
When changes are made
to the attributes of a print device,
they are recognized by enable.
Therefore to change the definition or allocation
for a device,
you must disable the printer on that device,
change the device, and then run enable.
The new device attributes will become effective
when enable is executed.
The disable command
deactivates the named
printers,
disabling them from printing requests
submitted by lp.
By default, any requests
that are currently printing
on the designated printers
will be reprinted in their entirety
either on the same printer
or on another member of the same class of printers.
If the printer is remote,
this command will only stop
the transmission of jobs to
the remote system.
The disable command
must be run on the remote system to disable the printer.
(Run lpstat -p to get the status of printers.)
disable recognizes supplementary code set characters
in the reason given to the -r option (see below)
according to the locale specified in the LC_CTYPE
environment variable [see LANG on
environ(5)].
-c-
Cancel any requests
that are currently printing
on any of the designated printers.
This option cannot be used with the -W
option.
If the printer is remote,
the -c option will be silently ignored.
-r reason-
Assign a
reason
for the disabling
of the printers.
This reason applies to all printers specified.
This
reason
is reported by lpstat -p.
reason may contain supplementary code set characters, and
must be enclosed in quotes if it contains blanks.
The default reason is ``unknown reason'' for existing
printers,
and ``new printer'' for printers just added to the system but
not yet enabled.
-W-
Wait until the request currently being printed
is finished before disabling
the specified printer.
This option cannot be used with the -c option.
If the printer is remote,
the -W option will be silently ignored.
Files
/var/spool/lp/*-
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxlp-
language-specific message file (see LANG on
environ(5)).
References
lp(1),
lpstat(1)
Notices
Printer names are system-defined words
and as such should be restricted to
uppercase and lowercase ASCII characters.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004