PRINTING

Print Models – a script that defines how the LP Print Service interfaces with printers.

Default printer models:                        Local printer          /etc/lp/model/standard

                                                                Remote printer      /etc/lp/model/netstandard

terminfo Database – defines characteristics of both terminals and printers

infocmp  printername         Using the terminfo name of the printer, command can be used to display the

terminfo entry for that printer

/usr/share/lib/terminfo      terminfo entries for terminals/printers are stored in separate filesunder one or

two levels of subdirectories.  (Ex:  HP Laserjet printer is stored in the usr/share/lib/terminfo/h/hplaserjet file)

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Function                                                Fields                     * = cannot be modified                                                                      

Adding a Local Printer        Printer Name, Descripton, Printer Port, Printer Type, File Contents, Fault

                                                Notification, Options (Default Printer, Always Print Banner), User Access List

Adding a Remote Printer    Printer Name, Print Server, Description, Option (Default Printer)

Modifying Local Printer      *Printer Name, *Printer Server, Description, Printer Port, Printer Type, File

Contents, Fault Notification, Options (Default Printer, Always Print Banner,

Accept Print Requests, Process Print Requests), User Access List

Modifying Remote               *Printer Name, *Printer Server, Description, Option (Default Printer)

Printer

lp – submitting print requests

arg                          purpose                                                                                                                

-dlist                       specifies the destination printer

-q#                           assigns a priority (0-39 with 0 being highest priority)

-irequest_id          specifies the print request ID

-Hkeyword            special handling, keywords are:  immediate, hold and resume

lpmove – move print requests in a queue to a new printer queue

lpmove request-id(s) newprinter      Moves some requests

                lpmove oldprinter newprinter           Moves all requests

cancel – cancel one or more queues print requests

     cancel request-id(s)                                       Cancels specified print requests

     cancel printername                                        Cancels the request currently printing on specified printer

     cancel –u username(s)                                  Cancels requests from specified user(s)

     cancel –u username(s) printername           Cancels requests from specified user only on specified printer

reject & accept – permit & inhibit spooling to a print queue, do not effect pending jobs

      accept printername       Opens the queue associated with the specified printer (or class)

     reject printername         Close the queue associated with the specified printer  (or class)

      reject –r “reason” printername                 -r allows a reason for denying requests to display to users

disable & enable – control the status of a particular printing device

      enable printername                                       Enables printing on specified printer

      disable printername                                      Disables printing on specified printer

      disable –r “reason” printername               -r allows a reason for printer is down

      disable –c printername                                 automatically cancels the job currently printing

lpstat – information about printing queues & devices

arg          example                                  purpose                                                                                                                

-alist       lpstat –a laser1                     indicate if the queues for printers in list are accepting jobs

-clist       lpstat –c office                      display members of the listed classes

-olist       lpstat –o laser1 laser2          list print requests for list which can be printer, class or print request Ids

-plist       lpstat –p laser1                     display the current status of specified printer

-ulist       lpstat –u guest                     display the list of print requests for the specified user

-vlist       lpstat –v laser1                     display the special file used by the specified printer

-s             lpstat –s                                 summary: list all classes & their members, all printers

-t             lpstat –t                                 display all status information

-r             lpstat –r                                 determine if the print scheduling daemon is running or not

LP Print Service

     Supports:  Solaris 2.x & 7, SunOS 4.x & 5.x and HP-UX

      Starting the print service:             /etc/init.d/lp start                or            /usr/lib/lpsched

      Stopping the print service:           /etc/init.d/lp stop                  or            /usr/lib/lpshut

lpadmin – define and modify the characteristics of printer devices & classes

arg                                          purpose                                                                                                                

-plist                                       used to define a printer

-vdevice                                 identifies the device (port) for the printer (ex: /dev/term/a)

-clist                                       used to define a  printer class

-rlist                                       remove a class or a printer from a class

-xlist                                       remove a printer definition from the system

-dprinter                                define the system default printer

-ooption                                 allows additional characteristics of the device to be specified (ex: width)

Define a printer                                     lpadmin –p laser1 –v /dev/term/a

Define a printer with options             lpadmin –p laser2 –v /dev/term/b –o width=14i

Remove a printer                                  lpadmin –x laser1

Define a class                                       lpadmin –p laser1 laser2 –c payroll

Remove a printer from a class            lpadmin –r laser2 –c payroll

Remove a class                                     lpadmin –r payroll

Define system default printer             lpadmin –d laser2

System Default Printer:

Setting system default printer:           lpadmin –d                or        admintool

List system default printer: lpstat -d

Setting user’s default printer:            LPDEST=laser; export LPDEST   or  set PRINTER variable

Precedence order used to determine the destination printer:

a.        Printer specified on the lp command line using the –d argument

b.       Default printer defined by the LPDEST variable

c.        Default printer defined by the PRINTER variable

d.       System default printer

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