Common Administration Task

Managing Printers=

print queue folder

/var/spool/cups

To see a list of all printers on the system and their status

lpstat -t
cupsaccept printername
cupsdisable printername
cupsreject

Print to a printer

lp -d printername /etc/inittab # this prints the inittab file
# the -d commandspecify the destination printer name
lpoptions -d printername # sets default printer

This information is stored in the /etc/cups/lpotions file Print multiple files

lp -d printername /etc/host /etc/issue

The lp command accepts information for standard inputs, thus you can place the lp command at the end of a pipe to print info

ls -la | lp -d printername

To see a list of print jobs in the queue

lpstat

Remove a print job from the queue

cancel jobid1 jobid2 # cancels 2 jobs
cancel -a printername

The file that contains the configuration information for each printer

/etc/cups/printers.conf

config for the cups deamon

/etc/cups/cupsd.conf

You can access the CUPS Web administration tool using a Web browser on TCP port 631 by navigating to http://servername:631,