03-30-2010
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gnome-printinfo
gnome-printinfo(1) User Commands gnome-printinfo(1)
NAME
gnome-printinfo - GNOME print manager
SYNOPSIS
gnome-printinfo [--default] [--edit] [--printer=printer] [--open=printer] [--edit-path=default-source-file] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME Print Manager application enables you to control and manage printers and print jobs. You can use GNOME Print Manager to perform
the following tasks:
o Detect existing printers
o Choose which printer to use for different documents
o View a list of the print jobs that are queued on each printer
o Cancel print jobs that are queued
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d, --default Shows the printer queue for the default printer only.
-e, --edit Allows the superuser to edit the default label, icon and description of printers, for the current LANG
setting.
--edit-path=default-source-file Allows the superuser to edit the printer default settings for the GConf source specified.
-o, --open=printer Opens the printer queue window for the specified printer.
-p, --printer=printer Shows the printer queue window for the specified printeronly.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching GNOME Print Manager to show the default printer only:
example% gnome-printinfo -d
Example 2: Launching GNOME Print Manager to show printer "prn004001":
example% gnome-printinfo -p prn004001
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:
REQ_DIR Used to store print requests. If not set, defaults to /var/spool/lp/requests/%s/
TMP_DIR Used to store local print jobs. If not set, defaults to /var/spool/lp/tmp
LANG Current language setting.
DEF_PRN Current default printer.
PRINTER Current printer.
LPDEST Destination printer for lp.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-printinfo Executable for GNOME print manager
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-print |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
GNOME Print Manager Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
lp(1), lp(7D), cancel(1), enable(1), lpq(1B), lpr(1B), lprm(1B), lpstat(1), postprint(1), pr(1), stty(1), accept(1M), lpadmin(1M), lpfil-
ter(1M), lpforms(1M), lpmove(1M), lpsched(1M), lpshut(1M), lpsystem(1M), lpusers(1M), printers(4), printers.conf(4), attributes(5), envi-
ron(5), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 2 Oct 2003 gnome-printinfo(1)