Adding a Network Printer

Some systems are connected with lots of printers. To collect the status of a printer use the next command:

# lpstat -t

# lpstat -t | grep printer

After the listing of printers and status ‘lpstat’ also generates an overview of details per printer. This takes a wile. When necessary, you can stop the output with CTRL-C.

To add a new printer use the next command:

# addqueue -qA029 -h<IP of the printer> -i 9998 -b off

·       Printer is the local printer name

For example:

161.89.57.148           A029   # printer A029 

# lpshut

# addqueue -qA029 -h<IP of the printer> -i 9998 -b off

# accept A029 

# lpsched

# lpstat -t|awk '/A029/'

# enable A029 

# lpstat -t|awk '/A029/'

note: the reverse command of accept is reject

Status check of printer :

lpstat -o<Qname>

lpstat -p<Qname>

lpstat -a<Qname>

lpstat -r <lpsched process is running >

Log file for printer :

tail -f /var/adm/lp/log

For Network printer 9100 port should be working for connection :

telnet <printer IP> 9100

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