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
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(5) 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

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Obsolete |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|CSI | Enabled |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(5), attributes(7)

NOTES

When IPP is in use, the user is prompted for a passphrase if the
remote print service is configured to require authentication.

February 25, 2017 ENABLE(1)