I've used lpc -Pprinter command and it has worked before. Are you sure about that one? lpc printer command is wrong, however.
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - New Jersey Medical School - C630 On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Van Sickler, Jim wrote: > Yes, expected by lpc; but if you use the (incorrect) > syntax in the HOW-TO, lpc ignores the input. > > The printer queue doesn't pause/resume. > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:23 PM > > To: 'LPRng-l (E-mail)' > > Subject: Re: LPRng: queuepause/resume oddities, correction to LPRng > > HOW-TO > > > > > > Hi Van, > > > > seems likt you discovered the expected behaviour: > > > > [printsrv2] ~ $ lpc --h > > --X option form illegal > > usage: lpc > > [-a][-Ddebuglevel][-Pprinter][-Shost][-Uusername][-V] [command] > > with no command, reads from STDIN > > -a - alias for -Pall > > -Ddebuglevel - debug level > > -Pprinter - printer > > -Pprinter@host - printer on lpd server on host > > -Shost - connect to lpd server on host > > -Uuser - identify command as coming from user > > -V - increase information verbosity > > commands: > > active (printer[@host]) - check for active server > > abort (printer[@host] | all) - stop server > > class printer[@host] (class | off) - show/set class printing > > disable (printer[@host] | all) - disable queueing > > debug (printer[@host] | all) debugparms - set debug > > level for printer > > down (printer[@host] | all) - disable printing and queueing > > enable (printer[@host] | all) - enable queueing > > flush (printer[@host] | all) - flush cached status > > hold (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* > > - hold job > > holdall (printer[@host] | all) - hold all jobs on > > kill (printer[@host] | all) - stop and restart server > > lpd (printer[@host]) - get LPD PID > > lpq (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* > > - invoke > > LPQ > > lprm (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host]|host|job| > > all)* - invoke > > LPRM > > msg printer message text - set status message > > move printer (user|jobid)* target - move jobs to new queue > > noholdall (printer[@host] | all) - hold all jobs off > > printcap (printer[@host] | all) - report printcap values > > quit - exit LPC > > redirect (printer[@host] | all) (printer@host | off )* > > - redirect > > jobs > > redo (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* > > - reprint > > jobs > > release (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* > > - release > > jobs > > reread - LPD reread database information > > start (printer[@host] | all) - start printing > > status (printer[@host] | all) - status of printers > > stop (printer[@host] | all) - stop printing > > topq (printer[@host] | all) (name[@host] | job | all)* > > - reorder > > jobs > > up (printer[@host] | all) - enable printing and queueing > > diagnostic: > > defaultq - show default queue for LPD server > > defaults - show default configuration values > > lang - show current i18n > > (iNTERNATIONALIZATIONn) > > support > > client (printer | all) - client config and printcap information > > server (printer | all) - server config and printcap > > > > > > best regards > > ~christoph > > > > > > -- > > /* Christoph Beyer | Office: Building 2b / 23 *\ > > * DESY | Phone: 040-8998-2317 * > > * - IT - | Fax: 040-8998-4060 * > > \* 22603 Hamburg | http://www.desy.de */ > > > > > > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Van Sickler, Jim wrote: > > > > > I discovered today the following commands don't work > > > the same when typed in from the command line: > > > (%p=hp4plus, in this case) > > > > > > These work: > > > lpc -P%p stop > > > lpc stop %p > > > > > > This doesn't: > > > lpc stop -P%p > > > > > > I also discovered today that the default command > > > syntax in the HOW-TO doesn't work from my Win2k > > > wkstn: > > > queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop > > > queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start > > > > > > this syntax won't work either: > > > queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc %p stop > > > queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc %p start > > > > > > The following syntax WILL pause/resume the printer: > > > queuepause command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc stop %p > > > queueresume command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc start %p > > > > > > So "lpc stop %p" / "lpc start %p" work in both situations... > > > > > > Would someone please change the syntax in the HOW-TO so > > > that Section 2.12. reads: > > > > > > queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop %p > > > queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start %p > > > > > > This will bring the commands in line with the correct > > > (functional) syntax. (After independent testing > > > & confirmation, of course!) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jim > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- > > > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > > > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > > > > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or > > lprng-requests > > > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. > > For the impatient, > > > to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with: | example: > > > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > If you have major problems, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > > LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- > > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. > > For the impatient, > > to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with: | example: > > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > If you have major problems, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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