AIX Print commands

To display the default queue:

#qchk -q

To display the status of the printer lp69:

#qchk -P lp69

To display the status of job number 969:

#qchk -# 969

To display the status of all queues:

#qchk -A

To cancel the print job 969:

#qcan -x 969

To cancel all jobs submitted to lp69:

#qcan -X -P lp69

To change the priority of the job to 50:

#qpri -#570 -a 50

To hold the job 969:

#qhld # 969

To remove holding from 969:

#qhld -r -#969

To move the job 30 to queue lpa:

#qmov -m lpa -#30

To enable queue blah:

#enable blah

To disable queue blah:

#disable blah

To cancel job 969:

#cancel -#969

To display the status all queues:

#lpstat

To display the status of print queue lp69:

#lpstat -p lp69

To display the jobs submitted by user root:

#lpstat -u root

To display the status of queue lp69:

#lpq -P lp69

How to add lp69 as remote standard processing printer, custom backend entry:

#/usr/sbin/piomisc_base mkpq_other -q'lp69' -d 'lp69.dev' -b'/usr/lib/lpd/rembak' -u'TRUE' -h'lp69' -r'remotelp69'

How to add lp69 as remote bsd printer queue:

#/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piomisc_ext mkpq_remote_ext -q 'lp69' -h 'lp69.example.com' -r 'remotelp69' -t 'bsd' -C 'FALSE'

How to add lp69 as remote ascii jetdirect printer:

#/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piomkjetd mkpq_jetdirect -p 'generic' -D asc -q lp69 -h lp69.example.com -x '9100'