List All Available Printers


lpstat -p

Before you can begin working with your printers, you need to know what makes up "your printers." To find the printers configured on your system, use the lpstat command (short for line printer status) along with the -p option.

$ lpstat -p printer bro is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 printer bro_wk is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 printer wu is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 


As you can see, this system has three printersbro, bro_websanity, and wu_eads14and none of them are printing anything at the moment.



Linux Phrasebook
Linux Phrasebook
ISBN: 0672328380
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 288

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