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1.1 root 1: .TH LPC 8 "4 July 1983"
2: .UC 4
3: .ad
4: .SH NAME
5: lpc \- line printer control program
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: .B /etc/lpc
8: [ command [ argument ... ] ]
9: .SH DESCRIPTION
10: .I Lpc
11: is used by the system administrator to control the
12: operation of the line printer system.
13: For each line printer configured in /etc/printcap,
14: .I lpc
15: may be used to:
16: .IP \(bu
17: disable or enable a printer,
18: .IP \(bu
19: disable or enable a printer's spooling queue,
20: .IP \(bu
21: rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue,
22: .IP \(bu
23: find the status of printers, and their associated
24: spooling queues and printer dameons.
25: .PP
26: Without any arguments,
27: .I lpc
28: will prompt for commands from the standard input.
29: If arguments are supplied,
30: .IR lpc
31: interprets the first argument as a command and the remaining
32: arguments as parameters to the command. The standard input
33: may be redirected causing
34: .I lpc
35: to read commands from file.
36: Commands may be abreviated;
37: the following is the list of recognized commands.
38: .TP
39: ? [ command ... ]
40: .TP
41: help [ command ... ]
42: .br
43: Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
44: or, if no arguments are given, a list of the recognized commands.
45: .TP
46: abort { all | printer ... }
47: .br
48: Terminate an active spooling daemon on the local host immediately and
49: then disable printing (preventing new daemons from being started by
50: .IR lpr )
51: for the specified printers.
52: .TP
53: clean { all | printer ... }
54: .br
55: Remove all files beginning with ``cf'', ``tf'', or ``df''
56: from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine.
57: .TP
58: enable { all | printer ... }
59: .br
60: Enable spooling on the local queue for the listed printers.
61: This will allow
62: .I lpr
63: to put new jobs in the spool queue.
64: .TP
65: exit
66: .TP
67: quit
68: .br
69: Exit from lpc.
70: .TP
71: disable { all | printer ... }
72: .br
73: Turn the specified printer queues off. This prevents new
74: printer jobs from being entered into the queue by
75: .IR lpr .
76: .TP
77: restart { all | printer ... }
78: .br
79: Attempt to start a new printer daemon.
80: This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to
81: die unexpectedly leaving jobs in the queue.
82: .I Lpq
83: will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs.
84: .TP
85: start { all | printer ... }
86: .br
87: Enable printing and start a spooling daemon for the listed printers.
88: .TP
89: status [ all ] [ printer ... ]
90: Display the status of daemons and queues on the local machine.
91: .TP
92: stop { all | printer ... }
93: .br
94: Stop a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disable
95: printing.
96: .TP
97: topq printer [ jobnum ... ] [ user ... ]
98: .br
99: Place the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue.
100: .SH FILES
101: .nf
102: .ta \w'/etc/printcap 'u
103: /etc/printcap printer description file
104: /usr/spool/* spool directories
105: /usr/spool/*/lock lock file for queue control
106: .fi
107: .SH "SEE ALSO"
108: lpd(8),
109: lpr(1),
110: lpq(1),
111: lprm(1),
112: printcap(5)
113: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
114: .nf
115: .ta \w'?Ambiguous command 'u
116: ?Ambiguous command abreviation matches more than one command
117: ?Invalid command no match was found
118: ?Privileged command command can be executed by root only
119: .fi
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