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printconfig

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NAME

printconfig - Used to add, delete, or modify printer configurations  

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/printconfig [-ui gui [x resources]|menu]


 

OPTIONS

Specifies the user interface to be invoked. The choices are: Specifies graphical user interface. Specifies menu interface.

The x resources are standard X11 resource options. For more information, see the X(1X) reference page.
 

DESCRIPTION

Use the Printer Configuration application, printconfig, to add, delete, or modify printer configurations for this workstation's local and remote printers. For each printer that you configure, you can choose the standard printer configuration or customize the configuration.

You must have root privileges to run this application.

The printconfig command has two user interface options: Graphical user interface (GUI) Menu interface (Menu)
 

Running the Graphical User Interface Option:

To start printconfig from the graphical user interface, do the following: Click on the Application Manager icon on the CDE front panel. Double click on the System_Admin application group icon. Double click on the Configuration application group icon. Double click on the Print icon.

To start printconfig from the xterm, enter the following command from the xterm: /usr/sbin/printconfig

Note that the validation checking in the GUI interface is more strict than that used by the menu interface. If the GUI interface rejects an attribute value you believe to be acceptable, try the menu interface.
 

Running the Menu Interface Option:

To start the printconfig menu interface, enter the following command from the xterm: printconfig -ui menu

This option invokes lprsetup. For more information, see the lprsetup(8) reference page.
 

Running Online Help:

You can view the Printer Configuration online help volume without running the application. To open the Printer Configuration help volume from the command line, enter the following command: /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -helpVolume \ /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/PrintConfig.sdl

You can also view online help for this application by choosing Help from the menu bar in the GUI version. The Help pulldown menu is displayed, providing the following options: Displays the Overview section of the help volume, which describes the purpose of the application, how to run the application, and how to exit the application. Displays the Tasks section of the help volume, which describes how to use the application to perform various tasks. Displays the Reference section of the help volume, which describes all dialog boxes and dialog box components in the application. Activates the On Item help functionality by displaying a question mark as the cursor. When the cursor is positioned on any component in the application and you click on the component, a Help Viewer window is opened and the help for the selected component is displayed in the window. Displays the standard CDE instructions on how to use the Help Viewer. Displays version, copyright, and trademark information for the application.
 

EXAMPLES

The following example shows how to start the printconfig menu interface from the command line: printconfig -ui menu


 

FILES

Contains the current printer configurations printconfig modifies the contents of this file Contains the known printer types and their default attribute values for creating new printer configurations Specifies the environment variables that define the PRINTCONFIG configuration on your system
 

SEE ALSO

Commands: latcp(8), lpr(1), lpd(8), rc.config(8).

Files: printcap(4).


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
Running the Graphical User Interface Option:
Running the Menu Interface Option:
Running Online Help:
EXAMPLES
FILES
SEE ALSO

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