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 ENABLE 1 "Jun 5, 2006"
 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 finished 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 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 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
Interface Stability Obsolete
CSI Enabled


 SEE ALSO

lp(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.