cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes
cupsdisable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -r reason ] [ --hold ] destination(s) cupsenable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ --release ] destination(s)
cupsenable(8) Apple Inc. cupsenable(8)
NAME
cupsdisable, cupsenable - stop/start printers and classes
SYNOPSIS
cupsdisable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -r
reason ] [ --hold ] destination(s)
cupsenable [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -c ] [ -h server[:port] ] [
--release ] destination(s)
DESCRIPTION
cupsenable starts the named printers or classes while cupsdisable stops
the named printers or classes.
OPTIONS
The following options may be used:
-E Forces encryption of the connection to the server.
-U username
Uses the specified username when connecting to the server.
-c Cancels all jobs on the named destination.
-h server[:port]
Uses the specified server and port.
--hold
Holds remaining jobs on the named printer. Useful for allowing
the current job to complete before performing maintenance.
-r "reason"
Sets the message associated with the stopped state. If no reason
is specified then the message is set to "Reason Unknown".
--release
Releases pending jobs for printing. Use after running cupsdisable
with the --hold option to resume printing.
CONFORMING TO
Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to con-
tain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". Also,
printer and class names are not case-sensitive.
The System V versions of these commands are disable and enable, respec-
tively. They have been renamed to avoid conflicts with the bash(1)
build-in commands of the same names.
The CUPS versions of disable and enable may ask the user for an access
password depending on the printing system configuration. This differs
from the System V versions which require the root user to execute these
commands.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | print/cups |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
cupsaccept(8), cupsreject(8), cancel(1), lp(1), lpadmin(8), lpstat(1),
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://github.com/apple/cups/ar-
chive/v2.3.3.zip.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.cups.org/.
26 April 2019 CUPS cupsenable(8)