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hostname: locname1: ready and waiting no entries

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