enable(1M)                                                enable(1M)


       NAME
             enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

       SYNOPSIS
             enable printers
             disable [options] printers

       DESCRIPTION
             The enable command activates the named printers, enabling them
             to print requests submitted by the lp command.  If the printer
             is remote, the command will only enable the transfer of
             requests to the remote system; the enable command must be run
             again, on the remote system, to activate the printer.  (Run
             lpstat -p to get the status of printers.)

             When changes are made to the attributes of a print device,
             they are recognized by enable.  Therefore to change the
             definition or allocation for a device, you must disable the
             printer on that device, change the device, and then run
             enable.  The new device attributes will become effective when
             enable is executed.

             The disable command deactivates the named printers, disabling
             them from printing requests submitted by lp.  By default, any
             requests that are currently printing on the designated
             printers will be reprinted in their entirety either on the
             same printer or on another member of the same class of
             printers.  If the printer is remote, this command will only
             stop the transmission of jobs to the remote system.  The
             disable command must be run on the remote system to disable
             the printer.  (Run lpstat -p to get the status of printers.)
             disable recognizes supplementary code set characters in the
             reason given to the -r option (see below) according to the
             locale specified in the LC_CTYPE environment variable [see
             LANG on environ(5)].

             -c          Cancel any requests that are currently printing on
                         any of the designated printers.  This option
                         cannot be used with the -W option.  If the printer
                         is remote, the -c option will be silently ignored.

             -r reason   Assign a reason for the disabling of the printers.
                         This reason applies to all printers specified.
                         This reason is reported by lpstat -p.  reason may
                         contain supplementary code set characters, and
                         must be enclosed in quotes if it contains blanks.


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      enable(1M)                                                enable(1M)


                        The default reason is unknown reason for existing
                        printers, and new printer for printers just added
                        to the system but not yet enabled.

            -W          Wait until the request currently being printed is
                        finished before disabling the specified printer.
                        This option cannot be used with the -c option.  If
                        the printer is remote, the -W option will be
                        silently ignored.

      FILES
            /var/spool/lp/*
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxlp
                  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

      REFERENCES
            lp(1), lpstat(1)

      NOTICES
            Printer names are system-defined words and as such should be
            restricted to uppercase and lowercase ASCII characters.



























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