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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting System V printing filter Post 303025413 by gull04 on Friday 2nd of November 2018 03:45:55 AM

11-02-2018

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Hi Ken,

The "Alpha Unix" that you are working with could be one of several versions, setting up the printers and modifying the drivers is actually relatively straight forward using the admin GUI on the later versions of what I believe will be OSF.

However from memory this Unix also supported the "lpadmin" command subset, so it may be that you want to setup a class for the printer or copy the filter file - modify the copy and attach the printer to that or even create a new printer (pointing at the same remote queue).

It is now over 15 years since I worked on Alpha kit with OSF, so bear with me if I'm a little rusty - my notes are 300 miles away and were written in a notebook. If I get a chance when I'm home I'll try and dig them out.

Regards

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cupsaccept(8)							    Apple Inc.							     cupsaccept(8)

NAME

       cupsaccept/cupsreject - accept/reject jobs sent to a destination

SYNOPSIS

       cupsaccept [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] destination(s)
       cupsreject [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -r reason ] destination(s)

DESCRIPTION

       The cupsaccept command instructs the printing system to accept print jobs to the specified destinations.

       The cupsreject command instructs the printing system to reject print jobs to the specified destinations.  The -r option sets the reason for
       rejecting print jobs. If not specified, the reason defaults to "Reason Unknown".

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported by both cupsaccept and cupsreject:

       -E   Forces encryption when connecting to the server.

       -U username
	    Sets the username that is sent when connecting to the server.

       -h hostname[:port]
	    Chooses an alternate server.

       -r "reason"
	    Sets the reason string that is shown for a printer that is rejecting jobs.

CONFORMING TO

       The cupsaccept and cupsreject commands correspond to the System V printing system commands "accept" and "reject", respectively.	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.

       Finally, the CUPS versions may ask the user for an access password depending on the printing system configuration.

SEE ALSO

       cancel(1), cupsenable(8), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpstat(1),
       CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.

10 June 2014							       CUPS							     cupsaccept(8)