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 lpadmin(ADM)                  06 January 1993                   lpadmin(ADM)


 Name

    lpadmin - configure the print service

 Syntax

    /usr/lib/lpadmin -p printer options

    /usr/lib/lpadmin -x dest

    /usr/lib/lpadmin -d [ dest ]

    /usr/lib/lpadmin -S print-wheel -A alert-type [ -W integer ]
    [ -Q integer ]

 Description

    lpadmin configures the lp print service to describe printers and devices.
    It is used to add and change printers, to remove printers from the ser-
    vice, to set or change the system default destination, to define alerts
    for print wheels and to define printers for remote printing services.

 Adding or changing a printer

    The first form of the lpadmin command (lpadmin -p printer options) is
    used to configure a new printer or to change the configuration of an
    existing printer.  The following options are used and may appear in any
    order.  For ease of discussion, the printer will be referred to as ``P''
    below.

    -F fault-recovery
         Restores the lp print service after a printer fault according to the
         value of fault-recovery:

         continue    Continues printing on the top of the page where printing
                     stopped.  This requires a filter (see lpfilter(ADM)) to
                     wait for the fault to clear before automatically con-
                     tinuing.

         beginning   Starts printing the request again from the beginning.

         wait        Disables printing on the printer and waits for the
                     administrator or a user to enable printing again.

                     During the wait, the administrator or the user who sub-
                     mitted the stopped print request can issue a change
                     request that specifies where printing should resume.  If
                     no change request is made before printing is enabled,
                     printing will resume at the top of the page where
                     stopped if the filter allows; otherwise, the request
                     will be printed from the beginning.

         This option specifies the recovery to be used for any print request
         that is stopped because of a printer fault.

    -c class
         Inserts printer ``P'' into the specified class.  class will be cre-
         ated if it does not already exist.

    -D comment
         Saves comment for display whenever a user asks for a full descrip-
         tion of the printer ``P'' (see lpstat(C)).  The lp print service
         does not interpret this comment.

    -e printer
         Copies an existing printer's interface program to be the new inter-
         face program for printer ``P''.

    -f allow:form-list
    -f deny:form-list
         Allows (-f allow) or denies (-f deny) the forms in form-list to be
         printed on printer ``P''.

         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 shouldn't 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 removed from the allow-list and added to the deny-
         list.

         If the allow-list is not empty, the forms in the list can be used
         with the printer and all others cannot, regardless of the content 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 having an empty allow-list
         and putting the word any in the deny-list.  All forms can be used on
         a printer by having an empty deny-list and specifying any for the
         allow-list, provided the printer can handle all the characteristics
         of the forms.

         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 an administrator tries to name a form as acceptable for use on a
         printer that doesn't have the capabilities needed by the form, the
         command is rejected.

         Note the other use of -f below.

    -h   Indicates that the device associated with printer ``P'' is
         hardwired.  This option is assumed when adding a new printer unless
         the -l option is supplied.

    -i interface
         Establishes a new interface program for printer ``P''.  interface is
         the pathname of the new program.

    -I content-type-list
         Assigns printer ``P'' to handle print requests with content of a
         type listed in content-type-list.

         The type simple is recognized as the default content-type of files
         on the system.  Such a data stream contains only printable ASCII
         characters and the following control characters:

         ____________________________________________________________________
         Control character    Octal value   Meaning
         ____________________________________________________________________
         backspace                010       move back to previous column,
                                            except at beginning of line
         tab                      011       move to next tab stop
         linefeed (newline)       012       move to beginning of next line
         form feed                014       move to beginning of next page
         carriage return          015       move to beginning of current line

         To force the print service to not consider simple as a valid type
         for the printer, give an explicit value (for example, the printer
         type) in the content-type-list.  If you do want simple included
         along with other types, you must include simple in the content-
         type-list.

         Each printer automatically has its printer type included in the list
         of content types it will accept.

         Except for simple, each content-type name is freely determined by
         the administrator.  If names given as content types are also printer
         types, the names are accepted without comment because the lp print
         service recognizes all printer types as potential content types as
         well.

    -l   Indicates that the device associated with ``P'' is a login terminal.
         The lp scheduler, lpsched(ADM), disables all login terminals auto-
         matically each time it is started.  Before re-enabling ``P'', its
         current device should be established using lpadmin.

    -M -f form-name [ -a [ -o filebreak ]]
         Mounts the form form-name on ``P''.  Print requests to be printed
         with the pre-printed form form-name will be printed on ``P''.  If
         more than one printer has the form mounted and the user has speci-
         fied any (with the -d option of the lp command) as the printer des-
         tination, then each print request will be printed on the printer
         that 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 checking
         the capabilities in the terminfo(F) database for the type of print-
         er.  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 particular 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, preceded
         by the same initialization of the physical printer that precedes 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, press <Return> for another align-
         ment pattern (no initialization this time), and continue printing as
         many alignment patterns as desired.  The administrator can quit
         printing 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.

         A form is unmounted by mounting a new form in its place using the -f
         option.  The -f none option can be used to specify no form.  By
         default, a new printer has no form mounted.

         Note the other use of -f above.

    -M -S print-wheel
         Mounts the print wheel print-wheel on printer ``P''.  Print requests
         to be printed with print-wheel will be printed on that printer.  If
         more than one printer has the print-wheel mounted and the user has
         specified any (with the -d option of the lp command) as the printer
         destination, then each print request will be printed on the printer
         that 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 by mounting a new print wheel in its
         place or by using the -S none option.

         By default, a new printer has no special print wheel mounted.  Until
         this is changed, a print request that asks for a specific print
         wheel will not be printed on a new printer with no special print
         wheel mounted.

         Note the other uses of the -S option described below.

    -m model
         Selects a model interface program provided with the lp print service
         for a given printer.

    -o printing-option
         Each -o option in the list below is the default given to an inter-
         face program if the option is not taken from a preprinted form
         description or is not explicitly given by the user submitting a
         request (see lp(C)).  The only -o options that can have defaults
         defined are listed below:

            length = scaled-decimal-number
            width = scaled-decimal-number
            cpi = scaled-decimal-number
            lpi = scaled-decimal-number
            stty = stty-option-list

         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 trail-
         ing letter attached to the number.)  Three types of scaled decimal
         numbers are discussed for the lp print service:  numbers that show
         sizes in centimeters (marked with a trailing ``c''), numbers that
         show sizes in inches (marked with a trailing ``i''), and numbers
         that show sizes in units appropriate to use (without a trailing
         letter), that is, lines, columns, characters per inch (cpi) or lines
         per inch (lpi).

         The first four default option values should agree with the capabili-
         ties of the type of physical printer as defined in the terminfo(F)
         database for the printer type.  If they do not, the command is
         rejected.

         The stty-option-list is not checked for allowed values but is passed
         directly to the stty(C) 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.

         For each printing option not specified, the defaults for the follow-
         ing attributes are defined in the terminfo entry for the specified
         printer type:

         length
         width
         cpi
         lpi

         The default for stty is

         stty =  9600 cs8 -cstopb -parenb -paroff ixon
                 -ixany opost -olcuc -onlcr -ocrnl -onocr
                 -onlret -ofill nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0

         You can set any of the -o options to the default values (which vary
         for different types of printers) by typing them without assigned
         values as follows:

         length=
         width=
         cpi=
         lpi=
         stty=

    -o nobanner
         Allows users to submit a print request that asks that no banner page
         be printed.

    -o banner
         Forces a banner page to be printed with every print request, even
         when a user asks for no banner page.  This is the default; you must
         specify -o nobanner if you want to allow users to specify -o
         nobanner with the lp command.

    -R machine-list
         Sets up remote machines in machine-list to share print services.
         The lp print service arranges for the advertising and mounting of
         all necessary resources and for automatic recovery of shared print
         services when the machine is brought to a state where RFS is run.

         The lp spooler keeps the parts of the print service owned by each
         machine separate, so that the administrator on one machine can
         change only the service provided by his or her machine.  The lp
         spooler provides for no centrally managed print service using RFS.

    -r class
         Removes a given printer from the specified class.  If the printer is
         the last member of the class, then the class will be removed.

    -S list
         Allows the aliases for character sets or print wheels named in list
         to be used with a given printer.

         If the printer is a type that takes print wheels, then list is a
         list of print wheel names separated by commas or spaces.  These will
         be the only print wheels considered mountable on the printer.  (You
         can always force a different print wheel to be mounted, however.)
         Until the option is used to specify a list, no print wheels will be
         considered mountable on the printer, and print requests that ask for
         a particular print wheel with this printer will be rejected.

         If the printer is a type that has selectable character sets, then
         list is a list of character set name ``mappings'' or aliases
         separated by commas or spaces.  Each ``mapping'' is of the form:

            known-name = synonym

         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 ``csnm'' entry.  If this option is not used to
         specify a list, only the names already known from the terminfo data-
         base or numbers with a prefix of ``cs'' will be acceptable for the
         printer.

         If list is the word none, the previous print wheel list or character
         set aliases will be removed.

         Note the other uses of the -S option.

    -T printer-type
         Assigns the given printer-type, a representation of a physical
         printer of type printer-type.  printer-type is used to extract data
         from terminfo(F); this data is used to initialize the printer before
         printing each user's request.  Some filters may also use printer-
         type to convert content for the printer.  If this option is not
         used, the default printer-type will be unknown; no useful informa-
         tion will be extracted from terminfo(F), so each user request will
         be 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 lpadmin and lp commands,
         and the -S and -f options of the lpadmin command.

    -u allow:user-list
    -u deny:user-list
         Allows (-u allow) or denies (-u deny) the users in user-list access
         to a given printer.

         For normal access to 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 removed from the allow-list and added to the deny-list.

         If the allow-list is not empty, the users in the list are allowed
         access to the printer and all others are denied access, regardless
         of the content of the deny-list.  If the allow-list is empty but the
         deny-list is not, the users in the deny-list are denied access and
         all others are allowed.  If both lists are empty, all users are
         allowed access.  Access can be denied to all users except the lp
         print service administrator by putting any in the deny-list.  To
         allow everyone access to a given printer and effectively empty both
         lists, put any in the allow-list.

    -U dial-info
         Assigns the dialing information dial-info to the printer.  dial-info
         is used with the dial(S) routine to call the printer.  Any network
         connection supported by the Basic Networking Utilities will work.
         dial-info can be either a phone number for a modem connection or a
         system name for other kinds of connections.  Or if -U direct is
         given, no dialing will take place because the name direct is
         reserved for a printer that is directly connected.  If a system name
         is given, it is used to search for connection details from the file
         /usr/lib/uucp/Systems or related files.  The Basic Networking Utili-
         ties are required to support this option.  By default, -U direct is
         assumed.

    -v device
         Associates a new device with a given printer.  device is the path-
         name of a file that is writable by lp.  Note that the same device
         can be associated with more than one printer.

    -A  alert-type [ -W integer ]
         The -A option is used to send the alert alert-type to the adminis-
         trator when a printer fault is first detected and periodically
         thereafter until the printer fault is cleared by the administrator.
         The alert-types are:

         mail    Sends the alert message via mail (see mail(C)) to the
                 administrator who issues this command.

         write   Writes the message to the terminal on which the administra-
                 tor is logged in.  If the administrator is logged in on
                 several terminals, one is chosen arbitrarily.

         quiet   Does 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 will
                 again be sent when another fault occurs with the printer.

         none    Does not send messages until this command is given again
                 with a different alert-type; removes any existing alert
                 definition.  No alert will be sent when the printer faults
                 until a different alert-type is used (except quiet).

         shell-command
                 shell-command is run each time the alert needs to be sent.
                 shell-command should expect the message as standard input.
                 If there are blanks embedded in the command, enclose the
                 command in quotes.  Note that the mail(C) and write(C)
                 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 will be the
                 login name of the person submitting 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    The type of the alert for the printer fault is displayed on
                 the 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-list
            number-of-requests print requests await this print-wheel.

         The printer printer-name has stopped printing for the reason given
         below.  Fix the problem and bring the printer back on line.  Print-
         ing has stopped but will be restarted in a few minutes; issue an
         enable command if you want to restart sooner.

         Unless someone issues a change request

            lp -i request-id -P ...

         to change the page-list to print, the current request will be
         repeated from the beginning.

         The reason(s) it stopped (multiple reasons indicate reprinted
         attempts):

            reason

         The lp print service can detect printer faults only through an ade-
         quate fast filter and (see lpfilter(ADM)) only when the standard
         interface program or a suitable customized interface program is
         used.  The level of recovery after a fault depends on the capabili-
         ties of the filter.

         If the printer-name is all, the alerting defined in this command
         applies to all existing printers.

         If the -W option is not given or integer is zero (which represents
         once and is also the default), only one message will be sent per
         fault.  If this command is not used to arrange fault alerting for a
         printer, the default procedure is to mail one message per fault to
         the administrator of the printer.

 Restrictions

    When creating a new printer, either the -v or the -U option must be sup-
    plied.  In addition, only one of the following may be supplied: -e, -i,
    or -m; if none of these three options are supplied, the model standard is
    used.  The -h and -l keyletters are mutually exclusive.  Printer and
    class names may be no longer than 14 characters and must consist entirely
    of the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and ``_'' (underscore).

 Removing a printer destination

    The second form of the lpadmin command, lpadmin -xdest, removes the des-
    tination dest from the lp print service.  If dest is a printer and is the
    only member of a class, then the class will be deleted too.  If dest is
    all, all printers and classes are removed.  No other options are allowed
    with -x.

 Changing the system default destination

    The third form of the lpadmin command, lpadmin -d [ dest ], makes dest,
    an existing destination, 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

    The fourth form of the lpadmin command, lpadmin -S print-wheel -A alert-
    type [-W integer ] [ -Q integer ], sends the alert alert-type to the
    administrator as soon as the print-wheel needs to be mounted and peri-
    odically thereafter.  The alert-types are

    mail    Sends the alert message via mail (see mail(C)) to the administra-
            tor who issues this command.

    write   Writes the message to the terminal on which the administrator is
            logged in.  If the administrator is logged in on several termi-
            nals, one is chosen arbitrarily.

    quiet   Does not send messages for the current condition.  An administra-
            tor 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 will again be sent
            when the number of print requests again exceeds the threshold.

    none    Does not send messages until this command is given again with a
            different alert-type (other than quiet).

    shell-command
            The shell-command is run each time the alert needs to be sent.
            The shell command should expect the message as standard input.
            If there are blanks embedded in the command, enclose the command
            in quotes.  Note 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 will be 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    The type of the alert for the print wheel is displayed on the
            standard output.  No change is made to the alert.

    The printers listed are those that the administrator had earlier speci-
    fied were candidates for this print wheel.  The number (integer) listed
    next to each printer is the number of requests eligible for the printer.
    The number (integer) shown after the printer list is the total number of
    requests awaiting the print wheel.  It will be 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.

    Only one administrator per print wheel can be alerted.  If this command
    is run by more than one administrator for the same print wheel, the last
    command run applies.

    If the -W option is not given or integer is 0 (which is interpreted as
    once and is also the default), only one message will be sent per request
    to mount a print wheel.  If this command is not used to arrange alerting
    for a print wheel, no alerts will be sent for the print wheel.

    If the -Q option is also given, the alert will be made when integer print
    requests that need the print wheel are waiting.  If the -Q option is not
    given or integer is 1 or the word any, a message is sent as soon as any-
    one submits a print request for the print wheel when it is not mounted.

    The -S option has a different meaning when used with the -p option.

 Defining remote printers for remote printing services

    The fifth form of the lpadmin command is used to define the remote print-
    er, printer-name2, and its machine, machine-name, that will handle remote
    print requests from the local machine.  The remote printer will be
    referred to as printer-name1 on the local machine.

 Files

    /usr/spool/lp/*

 See also

    accept(ADM), enable(C), lp(C), lpfilter(ADM), lpsched(ADM), lpstat(C),
    stty(C) and terminfo(F).

 Authorization

    Permission to use this utility requires the lp authorization.


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