On some Unix-like operating systems, the enable command enables a printer, and the disable command disables a printer.

Description

enable starts the named printers or classes.

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disable stops the named printers or classes.

Syntax

enable printer

disable [-c] [-W] [ -r [ reason ] ] printer

Options

Examples

enable printit

Enable printer printit.

lp — Print a file on the System V operating system.lpstat — List the status of the LP print services.