How PAPI Is Implemented in the Solaris OS
This section contains additional background information about the FSG OpenPrinting Open Standard Print
Application Programming Interface (PAPI), a print service-independent interface for accessing printing support on
a local host or a network.
The PAPI contains a set of printing related objects or data structures and
a set of operations or functions to manipulate the objects.
The following are supported tasks:
Modified Solaris Print Commands
Table Table 11-10 describes the Solaris print commands that have been modified for use
with the PAPI.
Table 11-10 Modified Solaris Print Commands
Command |
Origin |
Function |
|---|
lpr |
BSD |
Submit print jobs. |
lpq |
BSD |
Query print queues and print jobs. |
lprm |
BSD |
Remove print jobs. |
lpc |
BSD |
Control
print jobs: accept, reject, enable, disable, clear, topq |
lp |
SysV |
Submit print jobs. |
lpstat |
SysV |
Query print server (print
queues, print jobs, other). |
cancel |
SysV |
Remove print jobs. |
lpmove |
SysV |
Move jobs between local print queues. |
accept |
SysV |
Enable queueing
of print jobs on a print queue. |
reject |
SysV |
Disable queueing of print jobs on
a print queue. |
enable |
SysV |
Enable job processing on a print queue. |
disable |
SysV |
Disable job processing on
a print queue. |
