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Commands used to manage the printer system

General management commands:

/usr/bin/cancel Used to cancel print requests.
/usr/bin/lp The basic command used for printing.
/usr/lib/lpadmin Used to administer printers from the command line.
/usr/lib/lpmove Move print requests from one print queue to another.
/usr/lib/lpsched This is the scheduler, also referred to as the "spooler daemon".
/usr/bin/enable Used to enable a printer queue.
/usr/bin/disable Used to disable a printer queue.
/usr/bin/accept Lets a printer queue accept print requests.
/usr/bin/reject Used to tell a print queue to reject new print requests.
/usr/lib/lpshut Shut down the print spooler.
/usr/bin/lpstat The primary command for viewing line printer statistics.


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