printers(1M)

NAME
     printers - graphical printer manager command

SYNOPSIS
     printers [ X toolkit options ]

DESCRIPTION
     printers provides a graphical interface to the System V print spooling
     system.  It allows the user to easily add, remove, and configure
     printers.  It also has commands for setting the system default printer,
     setting printer specific options, and viewing the job queue of a
     particular printer.

     printers is typically started by using the "Printer Manager" command on
     the "System" menu of the toolchest(1).  printers can also be started from
     the "System Manager" (chost(1M)) or the command line.

USER INTERFACE
     printers' window consists of an icon window and a menu bar.

   Icon Window
     The icon window displays an icon for each printer that is installed on
     the system.  The Printer Name, Hostname, and Printer Type are listed next
     to each icon.  If there are more icons than can fit in the window, the
     scroll bar to the right can be used to access them.

     An icon can be dragged from printers and dropped onto the desktop for
     convenient access.  Dropping a file icon on top of an icon in the
     printers icon window prints that file.  Double clicking an icon in the
     printer icon window launches printstatus(1) for that printer.  This is
     equivalent to the "Show Queue" menu command (see below).

     The menu commands "Change Connection...", "Set Default", "Delete...",
     "Show Queue...", "Set Options...", and "Send Test Page", described below,
     each require that a printer in the icon window be selected.  To select a
     printer, click with the mouse on its icon.

     The menu commands "Add...", "Change Connection...", "Set Default", and
     "Delete..." are privileged operations that only the Super User (root) or
     users who have been designated as Privileged Users (are in LP group) are
     allowed to perform.  If you do not meet these criteria, you will be
     prompted for the login and password of a privileged user.  If there is no
     root password on the system then there are no restrictions.

   Menu Bar
     printers' menu bar contains three pull-down menus: Printer, Arrange, and
     Help.

     The Printer menu has commands that act on printers.  They are:

     "Add..."       Bring up the Add dialog (see below) for adding a printer
                    to the system.

     "Change Connection..."
                    Bring up the Change Connection dialog (see below) for
                    changing the connection of or reinstalling the selected
                    printer.

     "Set Default"  Make the selected printer the system default printer.

     "Delete..."    Delete the selected printer.  You will be prompted for
                    confirmation before the selected printer is deleted from
                    the system.

     "Show Queue..."
                    Launch printstatus for the selected printer.  printstatus
                    shows you the printer's job queue as well as its
                    operational status.

     "Set Options..."
                    Bring up the printer specific options panel for the
                    selected printer (see glp(1)).  The options panel can be
                    used to select printer options which can then be saved so
                    that they apply to all print jobs submitted by you or (if
                    printers is running as root) any user that does not have
                    his or her own options set.

     "Send Test Page"
                    Submit a test page to the selected printer.

     "Quit"         Dismiss printers.

     The Arrange menu contains the following commands:

     "by Printer Name"
                    Sort the icons in the icon window by the Printer Name
                    field.

     "by Hostname"  Sort the icons in the icon window by the Hostname field.

     "by Printer Type"
                    Sort the icons in the icon window by the Printer Type
                    field.

     The Help menu contains commands for accessing the on-line help system.

   The Add dialog
     The Add dialog is used to add new printers to the system.  All new
     printers must have a New Printer Name specified which is different from
     the names of any printers that are already installed.

     Select a Connection Type of Local if the printer you are adding is
     physically connected to the workstation that printers is running on.  If
     the printer you are adding is connected to another workstation, it must
     first be configured on that workstation (using the printers tool).  Then
     it can be added as a network printer by selecting a Connection Type of
     Network.

     For Local printers, the following must be specified:

     Printer Type   This is the make and model of the printer you are
                    installing.  The list shows you all the kinds of printers
                    for which you have software support installed.  If your
                    printer does not show up in this list, you may have to
                    install or purchase more software.

                    After you select Printer Type, any Connection (see below)
                    that is incompatible with that Printer Type will be
                    disabled.

     Connection     Select Parallel, SCSI, or Serial, depending on how your
                    printer is physically attached to your workstation.  More
                    controls will appear below the Connection buttons for
                    specifying the specific Parallel, SCSI, or Serial
                    connection.

                    After selecting a Connection, each Printer Type that is
                    compatible with that connection will be displayed in bold.

     For Network printers, the following must be specified:

     Remote Host Name
                    This is the name of the workstation that has the printer
                    physically attached.  Pressing the List Printers button
                    after filling in the Remote Host Name causes printers to
                    get the list of available printers from the remote host.

     Remote Printer Name
                    This is the name of the printer as installed on the remote
                    workstation.  If you used the List Printers button to fill
                    in the Printer List, you can click on one of the printers
                    in the list to fill in the Remote Printer Name field.

     Once you have specified all of the information necessary to add a
     printer, press the OK button to add the printer and dismiss the Add
     dialog, or press the Apply button to add the printer without dismissing
     the Add dialog.

   The Change Connection dialog
     The Change Connection dialog is identical to the Add dialog, except that
     the Printer Name is already specified and you cannot edit it.  When the
     dialog first comes up, it is initialized with the information that was
     used to add that printer; make any changes you wish and press OK.
     The Change Connection dialog can be used to reconfigure printers after
     you have installed new printer support software.  Simply bring up the
     Change Connection dialog and press OK without changing any of the fields
     for each printer you have installed on the system.

     Using the Change Connection dialog to reconfigure a printer that has jobs
     in its queue may have some side effects.  The currently printing job may
     be lost, and if the printer's type was changed there may be jobs in the
     queue that the printer will no longer be able to print.

FILES
     /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Printers    Program resource file
     /var/spool/lp                         Directory for System V spooling
                                           system
SEE ALSO
     printstatus(1), glp(1), lp(1), toolchest(1), fm(1G), mkcentpr(1M),
     mkserialpr(1M), mkscsipr(1M), rmprinter(1M), reinstallpr(1M),
     lpsched(1M), lpadmin(1M), chost(1M).