Deleting Access to a Printer

The only way to change the name, print server, or printer type originally assigned to a printer is to delete the printer and reinstall it using new information.

If you need to move, replace, or reinstall a printer with new information, you should first make sure that all the print requests in the printer's queue are printed or moved to another printer. You must also delete print clients' access to the printer and delete the printer from the print server before you physically detach the printer from the print server.

If your name service is NIS or NIS+, you delete access to a printer and delete the printer from the print server at the same time.

If you are not using a name service, you must first delete access to a printer for each print client and then delete the printer from the print server as a separate task.

How to Delete Access to a Printer

1. Start Printer Manager.

   You can log in on any system on the network to delete access to a printer.

   • If your name service is NIS or NIS+, you won't need to specify print clients. You delete access to the printer for all SunSoft print clients on the network and delete the printer from the print server at the same time.

   • If you are not using a name service, you can log in on any system on the network and change the host name to the name of the print client for which you want to delete printer access.

     For detailed information about starting Printer Manager, see the procedure on "How to Start Printer Manager".

2. Select the printer for which you want to delete access from the scrolling list in the Printer Manager main window.

3. Select Delete from the Edit menu.

   The Warning window is displayed. It contains a prompt asking you to verify that you really want to delete the printer.

4. Click on OK.

   If your name service is NIS or NIS+, the printer is deleted from the name service master file and access is removed for all print clients. The printer is also deleted from the print server's /etc/printers.conf file and /etc/lp directory.

   If you are not using a name service, the printer is deleted only from this print client's /etc/printers.conf file. You must repeat steps 1 through 4 to delete access to the printer for other SunSoft print clients.

Verification

If your name service is NIS or NIS+, verify that the printer has been deleted from the name service by making sure that the printer is not listed in the Printer Manager main window.

If you are not using a name service, verify that the print client's access has been deleted by making sure that the printer is not listed in the Printer Manager main window.

How to Delete a Printer From a Print Server (If No Name Service)

1. Start Printer Manager.

   You can log in on any system on the network to delete a printer from a print server. Select None as the name service and change the host name to the name of the print server.

   For detailed information about starting Printer Manager, see the procedure on "How to Start Printer Manager".

2. Select the printer to be deleted from the scrolling list in the Printer Manager main window.

3. Select Delete from the Edit menu.

   The Warning window is displayed. It contains a prompt asking you to verify that you really want to delete the printer.

4. Click on OK.

   The printer is deleted from the print server's /etc/printers.conf file and /etc/lp directory.

Verification

Verify that the printer has been deleted from the print server by making sure that the printer is not listed in the Printer Manager main window.