ACCEPT(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures ACCEPT(8)

NAME

accept, reject - accept or reject print requests

SYNOPSIS

accept destination...


reject [-r reason] destination...

DESCRIPTION

accept allows the queueing of print requests for the named
destinations.


reject prevents queueing of print requests for the named
destinations.


Use lpstat -a to check if destinations are accepting or rejecting
print requests.


Generally, accept and reject are run on the print server to control
local print queues. Under some configurations, accept and reject are
run on client systems when IPP is being used to communicate between
client and server.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported for reject:

-r reason
Assigns a reason for rejection of print requests for
destination.

reason is reported by lpstat -a. By default, reason is
unknown reason for existing destinations, and new
printer for destinations added to the system but not yet
accepting requests. Enclose reason in quotes if it
contains blanks.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

destination
The name of the destination accepting or rejecting
print requests. Destination specifies the name of a
printer or class of printers (see lpadmin(8)).
Specify destination using atomic name or URI-style
(scheme://endpoint) names. See printers.conf(5) for
information 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 |
+--------------------+---------------------+
|CSI | Enabled. See NOTES. |
+--------------------+---------------------+
|Interface Stability | Obsolete |
+--------------------+---------------------+

SEE ALSO

enable(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(5), attributes(7),
lpadmin(8), lpsched(8)

NOTES

accept and reject affect only queueing on the print server's spooling
system. Requests made from a client system remain queued in the
client system's queueing mechanism until they are cancelled or
accepted by the print server's spooling system.


accept is CSI-enabled except for the destination name.


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 ACCEPT(8)