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Operating Systems AIX AIX Bunch of printers queue creation script - HELP Post 302499823 by smurphy on Friday 25th of February 2011 01:08:14 PM
Old 02-25-2011
Use a script
Create a script to do it... Here is one way.
Code:
#!/bin/sh

PRT=`cat prt.add`
for prt in $PRT
do
  /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piomkjetd  mkpq_jetdirect -p 'hplj-5si' -D pcl -q $prt -h $prt -x '9100'
done

Save that as addprinters.sh, and give it execute permissions. chmod u+x addprinters.sh

Now when you want to add multiple printers, do the following:
add each of the printers into the /etc/hosts file (queue name + IP address)
edit prt.add and paste the queue name(s) in there.
finally, run the addprinters.sh script. It will add all of the printers in there, one at a time, all in one go.

As you said you want this done on 4 nodes, that would complicate this script a little, and you'd have to add in extra functionality.

So you could instead create a file and enter in the new info (for importation into the /etc/hosts file) which contains the queue names and IP address. Then just add that into the /etc/hosts file like so. (cat mynewprinters.txt >> /etc/hosts)

Then add this to your script to run before the 'for prt in $PRT' line. To put on the other nodes, simply scp (Secure Copy) the files (prt.add and mynewprinters.txt) to the other nodes, and then run the script on each node (assuming they have the updated addprinters.sh script there already, otherwise, scp that file over to). You could use ssh keys on each server to accomplish this task.

Hopefully I didn't muddy the waters too much now.

PS. You could use rsync to auto-update all the other nodes at the same time too!
Last edited by Scott; 02-25-2011 at 02:41 PM.. Reason: Removed formatting, added code tags
 

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lpstat-cups

lpstat(1)							    Apple Inc.								 lpstat(1)

NAME

       lpstat - print cups status information

SYNOPSIS

       lpstat  [ -E ] [ -H ] [ -U username ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -l ] [ -W which-jobs ] [ -a [ destination(s) ] ] [ -c [ class(es) ] ] [ -d ]
       [ -o [ destination(s) ] ] [ -p [ printer(s) ] ] [ -r ] [ -R ] [ -s ] [ -t ] [ -u [ user(s) ] ] [ -v [ printer(s) ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       lpstat displays status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers. When run with no arguments, lpstat will list jobs  queued
       by the current user.

OPTIONS

       The lpstat command supports the following options:

       -E
	    Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

       -H
	    Shows the server hostname and port.

       -R
	    Shows the ranking of print jobs.

       -U username
	    Specifies an alternate username.

       -W which-jobs
	    Specifies  which  jobs  to	show,  completed  or  not-completed (the default). This option must appear before the -o option and/or any
	    printer names, otherwise the default (not-completed) value will be used in the request to the scheduler.

       -a [printer(s)]
	    Shows the accepting state of printer queues. If no printers are specified then all printers are listed.

       -c [class(es)]
	    Shows the printer classes and the printers that belong to them.  If no classes are specified then all classes are listed.

       -d
	    Shows the current default destination.

       -h server[:port]
	    Specifies an alternate server.

       -l
	    Shows a long listing of printers, classes, or jobs.

       -o [destination(s)]
	    Shows the jobs queue on the specified destinations. If no destinations are specified all jobs are shown.

       -p [printer(s)]
	    Shows the printers and whether or not they are enabled for printing. If no printers are specified then all printers are listed.

       -r
	    Shows whether the CUPS server is running.

       -s
	    Shows a status summary, including the default destination, a list of classes and their member printers, and a  list  of  printers  and
	    their associated devices. This is equivalent to using the "-d", "-c", and "-v" options.

       -t
	    Shows all status information. This is equivalent to using the "-r", "-d", "-c", "-v", "-a", "-p", and "-o" options.

       -u [user(s)]
	    Shows a list of print jobs queued by the specified users. If no users are specified, lists the jobs queued by the current user.

       -v [printer(s)]
	    Shows the printers and what device they are attached to. If no printers are specified then all printers are listed.

COMPATIBILITY

       Unlike  the  System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", and "#".  Also,
       printer and class names are not case-sensitive.

       The "-h", "-E", "-U", and "-W" options are unique to CUPS.

       The Solaris "-f", "-P", and "-S" options are silently ignored.

SEE ALSO

       cancel(1), lp(1),
       http://localhost:631/help

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