


      ENABLE(1)                   (UNIX 5.2)                  ENABLE(1)



      NAME
           enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

      SYNTAX
           enable printers
           disable [-c] [-r[reason]] printers

      DESCRIPTION
           Enable is part of the LP Spooling System.  Enable activates
           the named printers, enabling them to print requests taken by
           lp(1).  Use lpstat(1) to find the status of printers.

           Disable deactivates the named printers, disabling them from
           printing requests taken by lp(1).  By default, any requests
           that are currently printing on the designated printers will
           be reprinted in their entirety either on the same printer or
           on another member of the same class.  Use lpstat(1) to find
           the status of printers.  Options useful with disable are:

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

           -r[reason]    Associates a reason with the deactivation of
                         the printers.  This reason applies to all
                         printers mentioned up to the next -r option.
                         If the -r option is not present or the -r
                         option is given without a reason, then a
                         default reason will be used.  Reason is
                         reported by lpstat(1).  If there are blank
                         characters in the reason string, then the
                         entire string must by quoted.

      EXAMPLE
           /usr/lib/disable -r'printer down for pm' fastlp

      FILES
           /usr/spool/lp/*

      SEE ALSO
           lp(1), lpstat(1).















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