You can easily create and remove a remote printer queue using the BSD type
spooler. You just have to fill the configuration file /tmp/lp.list
properly, i.e. provide the local printer name, the remote LPD server, and the
remote printer queue:
# cat << EOF > /tmp/lp.list locname1 lpdserv1 remname1 locname2 lpdserv2 remname2 EOF
Then, just run the appropriate script depending of the desired behavior. Follow, an example when removing the two queues:
# cat << EOF > /tmp/lp.remove
#!/usr/bin/env sh
for lplocal in `awk '{print $1}' /tmp/lp.list`; do
/usr/sbin/lpshut
/usr/bin/cancel ${lplocal} -e 2> /dev/null
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -x${lplocal}
/usr/sbin/lpsched -v
sleep 1
done
exit 0
EOF
# sh /tmp/lp.remove
scheduler stopped
scheduler is running
scheduler stopped
scheduler is running
# lpstat -olocname1
no system default destination
lpstat: "locname1" not a request id or a destination
And now, the creation:
# cat << EOF > /tmp/lp.create
#!/usr/bin/env sh
while read lp; do
eval set -- `IFS=" "; printf '"%s" ' ${lp}`
lplocal="$1"
lpserver="$2"
lpremote="$3"
/usr/sbin/lpshut
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p${lplocal} -orm${lpserver} -orp${lpremote} \
-mrmodel -v/dev/null -orc -ob3 -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel
/usr/sbin/accept ${lplocal}
/usr/bin/enable ${lplocal}
/usr/sbin/lpsched -v
sleep 1
done < /tmp/lp.list
exit 0
EOF
# sh /tmp/lp.create
scheduler stopped
destination "locname1" now accepting requests
printer "locname1" now enabled
scheduler is running
scheduler stopped
destination "locname2" now accepting requests
printer "locname2" now enabled
scheduler is running
# lpstat -olocname1
no system default destination
printer queue for locname1
Windows LPD Server
Printer \\lpdserv1
emname1
Owner Status Jobname Job-Id Size Pages Priority
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
hostname: locname1: ready and waiting
no entries
That's it!
