lpadmin(1M) System Administration Commands lpadmin(1M)NAMElpadmin - configure the LP print service
SYNOPSISlpadmin-p printer {options}
lpadmin-x dest
lpadmin-d [dest]
lpadmin-S print-wheel -T [-A alert-type] [-W minutes]
[-Q requests]
DESCRIPTIONlpadmin configures the LP print service by defining printers and
devices. It is used to add and change printers, to remove printers from
service, to set or change the system default destination, to define
alerts for printer faults, and to mount print wheels.
OPTIONS
The lpadmin command has options for:
o Adding or changing a printer
o Removing a printer destination
o Setting or changing the system default destination
o Setting an alert for a print wheel
The options for each of the above categories are specified in the fol‐
lowing subsections.
Several options support the use of lists. A list might contain, for
example, user names, printers, printer forms, or content types. A list
of multiple items can have the form of either comma-separated names or
have the entire list enclosed by double quotes with a space between
each name. For example, both lists below are acceptable:
one,two,three
"one two three"
Adding or Changing a Printer
The first form of the lpadmin command (lpadmin -p printer {options})
configures a new printer or changes the configuration of an existing
printer. It also starts the print scheduler.
When creating a new printer, one of three options (-v, -U, or -s) must
be supplied. In addition, only one of the following can be supplied:
-e, -i, or -m; if none of these three options is supplied, the model
standard is used. The -h and -l options are mutually exclusive. Printer
and class names must be no longer than 14 characters and must consist
entirely of the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, dash (-) and underscore (_).
If -s is specified, the following options are invalid: -A, -e, -F, -h,
-i, -l, -M, -m, -o, -U, -v, and -W.
The following options can appear in any order.
-A alert-type [-W minutes]
The -A option is used to define an alert that informs the adminis‐
trator when a printer fault is detected, and periodically there‐
after, until the printer fault is cleared by the administrator. The
alert-types are:
mail Send the alert message using mail (see mail(1)) to
the administrator.
write Write the message to the terminal on which the
administrator is logged in. If the administrator
is logged in on several terminals, one is chosen
arbitrarily.
quiet Do not send messages for the current condition. An
administrator can use this option to temporarily
stop receiving further messages about a known
problem. Once the fault has been cleared and
printing resumes, messages are sent again when
another fault occurs with the printer.
showfault Attempt to execute a fault handler on each system
that has a print job in the queue. The fault han‐
dler is /etc/lp/alerts/printer. It is invoked with
three parameters: printer_name, date, file_name.
The file_name is the name of a file containing the
fault message.
none Do not send messages; any existing alert defini‐
tion for the printer is removed. No alert is sent
when the printer faults until a different alert-
type (except quiet) is used.
shell-command Run the shell-command each time the alert needs to
be sent. The shell command should expect the mes‐
sage in standard input. If there are blank spaces
embedded in the command, enclose the command in
quotes. Notice that the mail and write values for
this option are equivalent to the values mail
user-name and write user-name respectively, where
user-name is the current name for the administra‐
tor. This is the login name of the person submit‐
ting this command unless he or she has used the su
command to change to another user ID. If the su
command has been used to change the user ID, then
the user-name for the new ID is used.
list Display the type of the alert for the printer
fault. No change is made to the alert.
When a fault occurs, the printing subsystem displays a message
indicating that printing for a specified printer has stopped and
the reason for the stoppage. The message also indicates that print‐
ing will restart in a few minutes and that you can enter an enable
command if you want to restart sooner than that.
Following a fault that occurs in the middle of a print job, the job
is reprinted from the beginning. An exception to this occurs when
you enter a command, such as the one shown below, that changes the
page list to be printed.
% lp -i request-id -P ...
For a given print request, the presence of multiple reasons for
failure indicate multiple attempts at printing.
The LP print service can detect printer faults only through an ade‐
quate fast filter and only when the standard interface program or a
suitable customized interface program is used. Furthermore, the
level of recovery after a fault depends on the capabilities of the
filter.
If, instead of a single printer, the keyword all is displayed in an
alert, the alert applies to all printers.
If the -W option is not used to arrange fault alerting for printer,
the default procedure is to mail one message to the administrator
of printer per fault. This is equivalent to specifying -W once or
-W 0. If minutes is a number greater than zero, an alert is sent at
intervals specified by minutes.
-c class
Insert printer into the specified class. class is created if it
does not already exist. This option requires the -U dial-info or -v
device options.
-D comment
Save this comment for display whenever a user asks for a full
description of printer (see lpstat(1)). The LP print service does
not interpret this comment.
-e printer
Copy the interface program of an existing printer to be the inter‐
face program for printer. (Options -i and -m must not be specified
with this option.)
-f allow:form-list
-f deny:form-list
Allow or deny the forms in form-list to be printed on printer. By
default no forms are allowed on a new printer.
For each printer, the LP print service keeps two lists of forms: an
``allow-list'' of forms that can be used with the printer, and a
``deny-list'' of forms that cannot be used with the printer. With
the -f allow option, the forms listed are added to the allow-list
and removed from the deny-list. With the -f deny option, the forms
listed are added to the deny-list and removed from the allow-list.
If the allow-list is not empty, only the forms in the list can be
used on the printer, regardless of the contents of the deny-list.
If the allow-list is empty, but the deny-list is not, the forms in
the deny-list cannot be used with the printer. All forms can be
excluded from a printer by specifying -f deny:all. All forms can be
used on a printer (provided the printer can handle all the charac‐
teristics of each form) by specifying -f allow:all.
The LP print service uses this information as a set of guidelines
for determining where a form can be mounted. Administrators, how‐
ever, are not restricted from mounting a form on any printer. If
mounting a form on a particular printer is in disagreement with the
information in the allow-list or deny-list, the administrator is
warned but the mount is accepted. Nonetheless, if a user attempts
to issue a print or change request for a form and printer combina‐
tion that is in disagreement with the information, the request is
accepted only if the form is currently mounted on the printer. If
the form is later unmounted before the request can print, the
request is canceled and the user is notified by mail.
If the administrator tries to specify a form as acceptable for use
on a printer that does not have the capabilities needed by the
form, the command is rejected.
Notice the other use of -f, with the -M option, below.
The -T option must be invoked first with lpadmin to identify the
printer type before the -f option can be used.
-F fault-recovery
This option specifies the recovery to be used for any print request
that is stopped because of a printer fault, according to the value
of fault-recovery:
continue Continue printing on the top of the page where print‐
ing stopped. This requires a filter to wait for the
fault to clear before automatically continuing.
beginning Start printing the request again from the beginning.
wait Disable printing on printer and wait for the adminis‐
trator or a user to enable printing again.
During the wait, the administrator or the user who
submitted the stopped print request can issue a change
request that specifies where printing should resume.
(See the -i option of the lp command.) If no change
request is made before printing is enabled, printing
resumes at the top of the page where stopped, if the
filter allows; otherwise, the request is printed from
the beginning.
-h
Indicate that the device associated with the printer is hardwired.
If neither of the mutually exclusive options, -h and -l, is speci‐
fied, -h is assumed.
-i interface
Establish a new interface program for printer. interface is the
pathname of the new program. (The -e and -m options must not be
specified with this option.)
-I content-type-list
Allow printer to handle print requests with the content types
listed in a content-type-list.
The type simple is recognized as the default content type for files
in the UNIX system. A simple type of file is a data stream contain‐
ing only printable ASCII characters and the following control char‐
acters:
Control Char Octal Value Meaning
BACKSPACE 10 Move back one char, except
at beginning of line
TAB 11 Move to next tab stop
LINEFEED 12 Move to beginning of
(newline) next line
FORMFEED 14 Move to beginning of
next page
RETURN 15 Move to beginning of
current line
To prevent the print service from considering simple a valid type
for the printer, specify either an explicit value (such as the
printer type) in the content-type-list, or an empty list. If you do
want simple included along with other types, you must include sim‐
ple in the content-type-list.
In addition to content types defined by the print administrator,
the type PostScript is recognized and supported by the Solaris
print subsystem. This includes filters to support PostScript as the
printer content type.
The type any is recognized as a special content type for files.
When declared as the input type for a printer, it signals the print
sub-system not to do any filtering on the file before sending it to
the printer.
Except for simple and any, each content-type name is determined by
the administrator. If the printer type is specified by the -T
option, then the printer type is implicitly considered to be also a
valid content type.
-l
Indicate that the device associated with printer is a login termi‐
nal. The LP scheduler (lpsched) disables all login terminals auto‐
matically each time it is started. (The -h option must not be spec‐
ified with this option.)
-m model
Select model interface program, provided with the LP print service,
for the printer. (Options -e and -i must not be specified with this
option.)
-M -f form-name [-a [-o filebreak]] [-t tray-number]]
Mount the form form-name on printer. Print requests that need the
pre-printed form form-name is printed on printer. If more than one
printer has the form mounted and the user has specified any (with
the -d option of the lp command) as the printer destination, then
the print request is printed on the one printer that also meets the
other needs of the request.
The page length and width, and character and line pitches needed by
the form are compared with those allowed for the printer, by check‐
ing the capabilities in the terminfo database for the type of
printer. If the form requires attributes that are not available
with the printer, the administrator is warned but the mount is
accepted. If the form lists a print wheel as mandatory, but the
print wheel mounted on the printer is different, the administrator
is also warned but the mount is accepted.
If the -a option is given, an alignment pattern is printed, pre‐
ceded by the same initialization of the physical printer that pre‐
cedes a normal print request, with one exception: no banner page is
printed. Printing is assumed to start at the top of the first page
of the form. After the pattern is printed, the administrator can
adjust the mounted form in the printer and press return for another
alignment pattern (no initialization this time), and can continue
printing as many alignment patterns as desired. The administrator
can quit the printing of alignment patterns by typing q.
If the -o filebreak option is given, a formfeed is inserted between
each copy of the alignment pattern. By default, the alignment pat‐
tern is assumed to correctly fill a form, so no formfeed is added.
If the -t tray-number option is specified, printer tray tray-number
is used.
A form is ``unmounted'' either by mounting a new form in its place
or by using the -f none option. By default, a new printer has no
form mounted.
Notice the other use of -f without the -M option above.
-M -S print-wheel
Mount the print-wheel on printer. Print requests that need the
print-wheel are printed on printer. If more than one printer has
print-wheel mounted and the user has specified any (with the -d
option of the lp command) as the printer destination, then the
print request is printed on the one printer that also meets the
other needs of the request.
If the print-wheel is not listed as acceptable for the printer, the
administrator is warned but the mount is accepted. If the printer
does not take print wheels, the command is rejected.
A print wheel is ``unmounted'' either by mounting a new print wheel
in its place or by using the option -S none. By default, a new
printer has no print wheel mounted.
Notice the other uses of the -S option without the -M option
described below.
-n ppdfilename
Specify a PPD file for creating and modifying printer queues.
ppdfilename is the full path and file name to the PPD file. Used in
conjunction with the -p, -d, -x, or -S options.
-o option
The -o option defines default printer configuration values given to
an interface program. The default can be explicitly overwritten for
individual requests by the user (see lp(1)), or taken from a
preprinted form description (see lpforms(1M) and lp(1)).
There are several options which are predefined by the system. In
addition, any number of key-value pairs can be defined. See the
section "Predefined Options Used with the -o Option", below.
-P paper-name
Specify a paper type list that the printer supports.
-r class
Remove printer from the specified class. If printer is the last
member of class, then class is removed.
-S list
Allow either the print wheels or aliases for character sets named
in list to be used on the printer.
If the printer is a type that takes print wheels, then list is a
comma or space separated list of print wheel names. These are the
only print wheels considered mountable on the printer. (You can
always force a different print wheel to be mounted.) Until the
option is used to specify a list, no print wheels are considered
mountable on the printer, and print requests that ask for a partic‐
ular print wheel with this printer are rejected.
If the printer is a type that has selectable character sets, then
list is a list of character set name ``mappings'' or aliases. Each
``mapping'' is of the form known-name=alias The known-name is a
character set number preceded by cs (such as cs3 for character set
three) or a character set name from the terminfo database entry
csnm. See terminfo(4). If this option is not used to specify a
list, only the names already known from the terminfo database or
numbers with a prefix of cs is acceptable for the printer. If list
is the word none, any existing print wheel lists or character set
aliases are removed.
Notice the other uses of the -S with the -M option described above.
The -T option must be invoked first with lpadmin to identify the
printer type before the -S option can be used.
-s system-name
The -s option can be used for both remote or local printers. For
remote printers:
-s system-name[!printer-name] (UUCP format)
-s printer-name@system-name (RCMD format)
Make a remote printer (one that must be accessed through
another system) accessible to users on your system. system-name
is the name of the remote system on which the remote printer is
located it. printer-name is the name used on the remote system
for that printer. For example, if you want to access printer1
on system1 and you want it called printer2 on your system:
-p printer2 -s system1!printer1
-p printer2 -s printer1@system1
-s scheme://end-point (URI format)
Make a remote printer (one that must be accessed through
another system) accessible to users on your system. The sup‐
ported schemes include lpd and ipp. Specify URI's using the lpd
format as follows:
lpd://server/printers/queue[#Solaris]
URI's using the ipp format are defined by the remote print
server. They are generally of the format:
ipp://server/printers/queue
In either case, server specifies the hostname or IP address of
the remote print server, queue specifies the name of the print
queue on the remote print server, and the optional #Solaris‐
specifies that the remote print server is a Solaris server when
lpd URI format is being used.
For example:
-p printer -s lpd://server/printers/queue#Solaris
-p printer -s ipp://server/printers/queue
For local printers:
-s "localhost" Use localhost for the system-name to be used by
the print service. In an environment where the
nodename is variable, print queues are invali‐
dated when the nodename changes. Using localhost
as the system-name allows print queues to be
maintained across changing nodenames. The system-
name, as used by the print service, is only set
to localhost when explicitely set with this
option; by default, lpadmin sets system-name to
nodename. For example, if you want to configure a
new printer on the local system, and want it
called printer3:
-p printer3 -s localhost -v device
This option should never be used when creating
name service maps.
-T printer-type-list
Identify the printer as being of one or more printer-types. Each
printer-type is used to extract data from the terminfo database;
this information is used to initialize the printer before printing
each user's request. Some filters might also use a printer-type to
convert content for the printer. If this option is not used, the
default printer-type is unknown. No information is extracted from
terminfo so each user request is printed without first initializing
the printer. Also, this option must be used if the following are to
work: -o cpi, -o lpi, -o width, and -o length options of the lpad‐
min and lp commands, and the -S and -f options of the lpadmin com‐
mand.
If the printer-type-list contains more than one type, then the con‐
tent-type-list of the -I option must either be specified as simple,
as empty (-I ""), or not specified at all.
-tnumber-of-trays
Specify the number of trays when creating the printer.
-u allow:login-ID-list
-u deny:login-ID-list
Allow or deny the users in login-ID-list access to the printer. By
default all users are allowed on a new printer. The login-ID-list
argument can include any or all of the following constructs:
login-ID a user on any system
system-name!login-ID a user on system system-name
system-name!all all users on system system-name
all!login-ID a user on all systems
all all users on all systems
For each printer, the LP print service keeps two lists of users: an
``allow-list'' of people allowed to use the printer, and a ``deny-
list'' of people denied access to the printer. With the -u allow
option, the users listed are added to the allow-list and removed
from the deny-list. With the -u deny option, the users listed are
added to the deny-list and removed from the allow-list.
If the allow-list is not empty, only the users in the list can use
the printer, regardless of the contents of the deny-list. If the
allow-list is empty, but the deny-list is not, the users in the
deny-list cannot use the printer. All users can be denied access to
the printer by specifying -u deny:all. All users can use the
printer by specifying -u allow:all.
The -U option allows your print service to access a remote printer.
(It does not enable your print service to access a remote printer
service.) Specifically, -U assigns the ``dialing'' information
dial-info to the printer. dial-info is used with the dial routine
to call the printer. Any network connection supported by the Basic
Networking Utilities works. dial-info can be either a phone number
for a modem connection, or a system name for other kinds of connec‐
tions. Or, if -U direct is given, no dialing takes place, because
the name direct is reserved for a printer that is directly con‐
nected. If a system name is given, it is used to search for connec‐
tion details from the file /etc/uucp/Systems or related files. The
Basic Networking Utilities are required to support this option. By
default, -U direct is assumed.
-v device
Associate a device with printer. device is the path name of a file
that is writable by lp. Notice that the same device can be associ‐
ated with more than one printer.
-v scheme://end-point
Associate a network attached device with printer.
scheme is the method or protocol used to access the network
attached device and end-point is the information necessary to con‐
tact that network attached device. Use of this device format
requires the use of the uri interface script and can only be used
with the smb scheme at this time.
For example:
# lpadmin-p queue -v smb://smb-service/printer -m uri
See the /usr/sfw/man/man1m/smbspool.1m man page for details.
Removing a Printer Destination
The -x dest option removes the destination dest (a printer or a class),
from the LP print service. If dest is a printer and is the only member
of a class, then the class is deleted, too. If dest is all, all print‐
ers and classes are removed. If there are no remaining local printers
and the scheduler is still running, the scheduler is shut down.
No other options are allowed with -x.
Setting/Changing the System Default Destination
The -d [dest] option makes dest (an existing printer or class) the new
system default destination. If dest is not supplied, then there is no
system default destination. No other options are allowed with -d.
Setting an Alert for a Print Wheel
-S print-wheel [-A alert-type] [-W minutes] [-Q requests] -T
The -S print-wheel option is used with the -A alert-type option to
define an alert to mount the print wheel when there are jobs queued
for it. If this command is not used to arrange alerting for a print
wheel, no alert is sent for the print wheel. Notice the other use
of -A, with the -p option, above.
The alert-types are:
mail Send the alert message using the mail command to
the administrator.
write Write the message, using the write command, to the
terminal on which the administrator is logged in.
If the administrator is logged in on several ter‐
minals, one is arbitrarily chosen.
quiet Do not send messages for the current condition. An
administrator can use this option to temporarily
stop receiving further messages about a known
problem. Once the print-wheel has been mounted and
subsequently unmounted, messages are sent again‐
when the number of print requests reaches the
threshold specified by the -Q option.
none Do not send messages until the -A option is given
again with a different alert-type (other than
quiet).
shell-command Run the shell-command each time the alert needs to
be sent. The shell command should expect the mes‐
sage in standard input. If there are blanks embed‐
ded in the command, enclose the command in quotes.
Notice that the mail and write values for this
option are equivalent to the values mail user-name
and write user-name respectively, where user-name
is the current name for the administrator. This is
the login name of the person submitting this com‐
mand unless he or she has used the su command to
change to another user ID. If the su command has
been used to change the user ID, then the user-
name for the new ID is used.
list Display the type of the alert for the print wheel
on standard output. No change is made to the
alert.
The message sent appears as follows:
The print wheel print-wheel needs to be mounted
on the printer(s):
printer(integer1requests) integer2 print requests
await this print wheel.
The printers listed are those that the administrator had earlier
specified were candidates for this print wheel. The number integer1
listed next to each printer is the number of requests eligible for
the printer. The number integer2 shown after the printer list is
the total number of requests awaiting the print wheel. It is less
than the sum of the other numbers if some requests can be handled
by more than one printer.
If the print-wheel is all, the alerting defined in this command
applies to all print wheels already defined to have an alert.
If the -W option is not given, the default procedure is that only
one message is sent per need to mount the print wheel. Not specify‐
ing the -W option is equivalent to specifying -W once or -W 0. If
minutes is a number greater than zero, an alert is sent at inter‐
vals specified by minutes.
If the -Q option is also given, the alert is sent when a certain
number (specified by the argument requests) of print requests that
need the print wheel are waiting. If the -Q option is not given, or
requests is 1 or any (which are both the default), a message is
sent as soon as anyone submits a print request for the print wheel
when it is not mounted.
PREDEFINED OPTIONS USED WITH THE -o OPTION
A number of options, described below, are predefined for use with -o.
These options are used for adjusting printer capabilities, adjusting
printer port characteristics, configuring network printers, and con‐
trolling the use of banner. The -o also supports an arbitrary key‐
word=value format, which is referred to below as an undefined option.
Adjusting Printer Capabilities
The length, width, cpi, and lpi parameters can be used in conjunction
with the -o option to adjust printer capabilities. The format of the
parameters and their values is as follows:
length=scaled-decimal-number
width=scaled-decimal-number
cpi=scaled-decimal-number
lpi=scaled-decimal-number
The term scaled-decimal-number refers to a non-negative number used to
indicate a unit of size. The type of unit is shown by a ``trailing''
letter attached to the number. Three types of scaled-decimal-numbers
can be used with the LP print service: numbers that show sizes in cen‐
timeters (marked with a trailing c); numbers that show sizes in inches
(marked with a trailing i); and numbers that show sizes in units appro‐
priate to use (without a trailing letter), that is, lines, characters,
lines per inch, or characters per inch.
The option values must agree with the capabilities of the type of phys‐
ical printer, as defined in the terminfo database for the printer type.
If they do not, the command is rejected.
The defaults are defined in the terminfo entry for the specified
printer type. The defaults can be reset by:
lpadmin-p printername -o length=
lpadmin-p printername -o width=
lpadmin-p printername -o cpi=
lpadmin-p printername -o lpi=
Adjusting Printer Port Characteristics
You use the stty keyword in conjunction with the o option to adjust
printer port characteristics. The general form of the stty portion of
the command is:
stty="'stty-option-list'"
The stty-option-list is not checked for allowed values, but is passed
directly to the stty program by the standard interface program. Any
error messages produced by stty when a request is processed (by the
standard interface program) are mailed to the user submitting the
request.
The default for stty is:
stty="'9600 cs8 -cstopb -parenb ixon
-ixany opost -olcuc onlcr
-ocrnl -onocr
-onlret -ofill nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0'"
The default can be reset by:
lpadmin-p printername -o stty=
Configuring Network Printers
The dest, protocol, bsdctrl, and timeout parameters are used in con‐
junction with the -o option to configure network printers. The format
of these keywords and their assigned values is as follows:
dest=string protocol=string bsdctrl=string \
timeout=non-negative-integer-seconds
These four options are provided to support network printing. Each
option is passed directly to the interface program; any checking for
allowed values is done there.
The value of dest is the name of the destination for the network
printer; the semantics for value dest are dependent on the printer and
the configuration. There is no default.
The value of option protocol sets the over-the-wire protocol to the
printer. The default for option protocol is bsd. The value of option
bsdctrl sets the print order of control and data files (BSD protocol
only); the default for this option is control file first. The value of
option timeout sets the seed value for backoff time when the printer is
busy. The default value for the timeout option is 10 seconds. The
defaults can be reset by:
lpadmin-p printername -o protocol=
lpadmin-p printername -o bsdctrl=
lpadmin-p printername -o timeout=
Controlling the Use of the Banner Page
Use the following commands to control the use of the banner page:
lpadmin-p printer -o nobanner
lpadmin-p printer -o banner
lpadmin-p printer -o banner=always
lpadmin-p printer -o banner=never
lpadmin-p printer -o banner=optional
The first and fifth commands (-o nobanner and -o banner=optional) are
equivalent. The default is to print the banner page, unless a user
specifies -o nobanner on an lp command line.
The second and third commands (-o banner and -o banner=always) are
equivalent. Both cause a banner page to be printed always, even if a
user specifies lp -o nobanner. The root user can override this command.
The fourth command (-o banner=never) causes a banner page never to be
printed, even if a user specifies lp -o banner. The root user can over‐
ride this command.
Undefined Options
The -o option supports the use of arbitrary, user-defined options with
the following format:
key=value
Each key=value is passed directly to the interface program. Any
checking for allowed values is done in the interface program.
Any default values for a given key=value option are defined in the
interface program. If a default is provided, it can be reset by
typing the key without any value:
lpadmin-p printername -o key=
lpadmin-p printer -o foo | nofoo
Sets boolean values foo=true | foo=false.
EXAMPLES
In the following examples, prtr can be any name up to 14 characters and
can be the same name as the ping(1M) name.
Example 1 Configuring an HP Postscript Printer with a Jet Direct Net‐
work Interface
The following example configures an HP postscript printer with a jet
direct network interface:
example# lpadmin-p prtr -v /dev/null -m netstandard \
-o dest=ping_name_of_prtr:9100 -o protocol=tcp -T PS -I \
postscript
example# enable prtr
example# accept prtr
Example 2 Configuring a Standard Postscript Network Printer
The following example configures a standard postscript network printer:
example# lpadmin-p prtr -v /dev/null -m netstandard \
-o dest=ping_name_of_prtr -T PS -I postscript
example# enable prtr
example# accept prtr
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
non-zero An error occurred.
FILES
/var/spool/lp/*
/etc/lp
/etc/lp/alerts/printer Fault handler for lpadmin
/etc/printers.conf System printer configuration database
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │print/lp/print-client-commands │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Obsolete │
└─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOenable(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), mail(1), stty(1), accept(1M), lpforms(1M),
lpsched(1M), lpsystem(1M), ping(1M), dial(3NSL), terminfo(4),
attributes(5)NOTES
When using lpadmin to provide access to a remote printer, remote con‐
figuration data is stored in /etc/printers.conf. This data includes a
bsdaddr and a printer-uri-supported attribute. The data in this file
can be shared through the use of a network name service or replicated
across multiple systems. If the data is shared, it is important to make
sure that the bsdaddr and printer-uri-supported contain hostname infor‐
mation that is correctly resolved on all hosts sharing this data. Also,
the printer-uri-supported is the preferred means of accessing remote
print service. The bsdaddr is supplied for backward compatability with
Solaris 2.6-10 systems.
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