enable(1) User Commands 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 are 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.
Generally, enable and disable are run on the print server to control
local print queues. Under some configurations, they can also be run on
client systems when IPP is being used to communicate between client and
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 is silently
ignored.
-W Waits until the request currently being printed is fin‐
ished before disabling printer. This option cannot be
used with the -c option. If the printer is remote, the
-W option is silently ignored.
-r [reason] Assigns a reason for the disabling of the printer(s).
This reason applies to all printers specified. This rea‐
son 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 disable:
printer The name of the printer to be enabled or disabled. Specify
printer using atomic or URI-style (scheme://endpoint) names.
See printers.conf(4) regarding the naming conventions for
destinations.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
FILES
/etc/printers.conf System printer configuration database
$HOME/.printers User-configurable printer database
ou=printers LDAP version of /etc/printers.conf
printers.conf.byname NIS version of /etc/printers.conf
printers.org_dir NIS+ version of /etc/printers.conf
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWlp-cmds │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Obsolete │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│CSI │Enabled │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOlp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)NOTES
When IPP is in use, the user is prompted for a passphsrase if the
remote print service is configured to require authentication.
SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2006 enable(1)