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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers lpadmin help Post 6786 by andrec on Wednesday 12th of September 2001 02:31:53 PM
Old 09-12-2001
Question lpadmin help
hi all,

I can add a network printer with ADMINTOOL. However, I have a problem to add a network printer using lpadmin on my Sparc Solaris 8 box.

Here's the detail:
===============
lpadmin -p printername

lpadmin: ERROR: Missing -U or -v option.
To Fix: Local printer must have a port defined (-v option)
or have dial-out instructions (-U option).
================

I know I have to use the -v option. However, how can I create a special device file in order to specify the device path? I have looked into the man pages but it just tells me that -v is associated with device only. Can someone please help me on this?

thanks
Last edited by andrec; 09-12-2001 at 07:23 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE

lpc

lpc(8)								    Apple Inc.								    lpc(8)

NAME

       lpc - line printer control program

SYNOPSIS

       lpc [ command [ parameter(s) ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       lpc provides limited control over printer and class queues provided by CUPS. It can also be used to query the state of queues.

       If no command is specified on the command-line, lpc displays a prompt and accepts commands from the standard input.

   COMMANDS
       The lpc program accepts a subset of commands accepted by the Berkeley lpc program of the same name:

       exit Exits the command interpreter.

       help [command]

       ? [command]
	    Displays a short help message.

       quit Exits the command interpreter.

       status [queue]
	    Displays the status of one or more printer or class queues.

NOTES

       Since  lpc  is  geared  towards	the Berkeley printing system, it is impossible to use lpc to configure printer or class queues provided by
       CUPS.  To configure printer or class queues you must use the lpadmin(8) command or another CUPS-compatible client with that functionality.

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

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