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enable(1)						      General Commands Manual							 enable(1)

NAME

       enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

SYNOPSIS

       printers

       [reason]] printers

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  activates	the  named  printers,  enabling  them to print requests taken by Use to find the status of printers (see lp(1) and
       lpstat(1)).

       deactivates the named printers, disabling them from printing requests taken by By default, any requests that are currently printing on  the
       designated  printers  are  reprinted  in their entirety either on the same printer or on another member of the same class.  Use to find the
       status of printers.

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      Cancel any requests that are currently printing
			     on any of the designated printers.

	      Associate a    reason with the deactivation of the printers.  This reason applies to all printers mentioned up to the  next  option.
			     If  the  option is not present or the option is given without a reason, a default reason is used.	reason is reported
			     by The maximum length of the reason message is 80 bytes.  reason message of length greater than 80 bytes is truncated
			     to 80 bytes.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   Environment Variables
       determines the language in which messages are displayed.

       If is not specified or is null, it defaults to (see lang(5)).

       If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, all internationalization variables default to (see environ(5)).

   International Code Set Support
       Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported.

EXAMPLES

       Enable printer to accept requests:

       Deactivate printer and cancel any logged jobs:

WARNINGS

       If  the restrict cancel feature (selected by the option -- see lpadmin(1M)) is enabled, and the user is neither administrator nor the owner
       of the currently printing request on the designated printer, ignores the option.

       and perform their operation on the local system only.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       lp(1), lpstat(1), accept(1M), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M), rcancel(1M), rlp(1M), rlpdaemon(1M), rlpstat(1M).

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