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cupsdisable, cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsdisable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -r
reason ] [ --hold ] destination(s)
cupsenable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ --release ] destination(s)
cupsenable starts the named printers or classes while cupsdisable
stops the named printers or classes.
The following options may be
used:
- -E
- Forces encryption of the connection to the server.
- -U username
- Uses
the specified username when connecting to the server.
- -c
- Cancels all jobs
on the named destination.
- -h server[:port]
- Uses the specified server and
port.
- --hold
- Holds remaining jobs on the named printer. Useful for allowing
the current job to complete before performing maintenance.
- -r "reason"
- Sets
the message associated with the stopped state. If no reason is specified
then the message is set to "Reason Unknown".
- --release
- Releases pending jobs
for printing. Use after running cupsdisable with the --hold option to resume
printing.
Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows
printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/",
or "#". Also, printer and class names are not case-sensitive.
The System V
versions of these commands are disable and enable, respectively. They have
been renamed to avoid conflicts with the bash(1)
build-in commands of the
same names.
The CUPS versions of disable and enable may ask the user for
an access password depending on the printing system configuration. This
differs from the System V versions which require the root user to execute
these commands.
cupsaccept(8)
, cupsreject(8)
, cancel(1)
, lp(1)
,
lpadmin(8)
, lpstat(1)
, CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
Copyright
[co] 2007-2014 by Apple Inc.
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