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Xerox Document Services Platform

Using the lp Utilities for Solaris

701P37502 DocuSP 3.1 October 2001

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Table of Contents

Introduction				1
		About this guide		1
			Contents	1
			Conventions	2
		Related Xerox Document Services Platform (DocuSP) documentation		3
		Additional client documentation		3
1.	Installation			1-1
		Native lp printing protocol for Sun Solaris 2.3 and higher		1-1
			Workstation requirements	1-1
			Installation	1-2
			Using lp with Solaris 2.6	1-3
			Verify installation	1-5
2. Using the lp utilities				2-1
		Printing hierarchy		2-1
		The lp command syntax and options		2-2
			Using lp with Solaris 2.6	2-2
			Using the lp options	2-3
			ASCII options for the lp command	2-9
3.	Print queue status			3-1
		The lpstat command syntax and options		3-1
			User identification	3-1
4. Remove a print job from the queue				4-1
		The cancel command syntax and options		4-1
			The options	4-1

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Introduction

Using the lp Utilities for Solaris provides you with the enhanced options for submitting a document to a Xerox printer using the lp utilities on a workstation running Solaris 2.x software.

About this guide

Before you perform any procedures in this guide, you should become familiar with its contents and conventions.

You should know how to create a document in a software application on your workstation and should be familiar with the options available to you for printing.

You should also know what type of Xerox printer is available to you and what print options are available with that printer.

Contents

The following list describes the contents of this guide:

•Chapter 1, "Installation," describes the procedures for configuration of the lp utility.

•Chapter 2, "Using the lp utilities," describes the syntax and the enhanced options available for the lp utilities.

•Chapter 3, "Print queue status," describes how to obtain the status of a selected print queue.

•Chapter 4, "Remove a print job from the queue," describes how to remove a print job from the selected queue.

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Using the lp Utilities for Solaris

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

•All caps and angle brackets–Within procedures, the names of keys are shown in all caps within angle brackets (for example, press <RETURN>).

•Angle brackets–Variable information, or the position of a specified argument in the command syntax, appears in angle brackets (for example, List Fonts <Pattern>).

•Bold–Within procedures, text and numbers that you enter are shown in bold (for example, enter boot).

•Enter–Within procedures, the two-step process of keying in data and pressing <RETURN> (for example, enter y).

•Italics–Document and library names are shown in italics (for example, the Xerox Document Services Platform Series

System Guide).

•Square brackets–Names of options you select are shown in square brackets (for example, Select [Exit]).

•Quotes–Keywords you can enter as arguments appear in quotes (for example, "USLetter").

•Vertical bars–Alternatives to specified arguments are separated by vertical bars (for example, -pdl <ps | hppcl | ascii | tiff>).

NOTE: Notes contain important supplemental information pertaining to the task that you should read.

CAUTION

Cautions alert you to an action that could damage hardware, software, or your data.

WARNING

Warnings alert you to conditions that may affect the safety of people.

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Introduction

Related Xerox Document Services Platform (DocuSP) documentation

Using the lpr Utilities for DOS and Unix

Using the lp Utilities for Solaris

Using the Xerox Client Software for Solaris

Preparing and printing PDF files

System Guide

Any documentation delivered with the Xerox printer.

Additional client documentation

Xerox Production Print Services Guide to Job Submission for

Windows

Xerox Production Print Services Guide to Job Submission for

Macintosh

Xerox Production Print Services Guide to Job Submission using

XDS Plus

Xerox Document Services Platform Guide to using the DocuSP

Web Interface

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1.Installation

This chapter describes the procedures for configuration of the client workstation and the DocuSP controller to enable native lp printing.

Native lp printing protocol for Sun Solaris 2.3 and higher

Workstation requirements

The workstation must meet the following hardware and software requirements:

Hardware requirements

•Sun workstation

Software requirements

•Solaris 2.3 or higher

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