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printconfig(8)
NAME
  printconfig - Used to add, delete, or modify printer configurations

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/printconfig	 [-ui gui  [x resources] | menu]

OPTIONS
  -ui Specifies the user interface to be invoked.  The choices are:

      gui     Specifies graphical user interface.

      menu    Specifies menu interface.

  The x resources are standard X11 resource options.  For more information,
  see the X(1X) reference page.

DESCRIPTION
  Use the Printer Configuration application, printconfig, to add, delete, or
  modify printer configurations for this workstation's local and remote
  printers.  For each printer that you configure, you can choose the standard
  printer configuration or customize the configuration.

  You must have root privileges to run this application.

  The printconfig command has two user interface options:

    ·  Graphical user interface (GUI)

    ·  Menu interface (Menu)

  Running the Graphical User Interface Option:

  To start printconfig from the graphical user interface, do the following:

   1.  Click on the Application Manager icon on the CDE front panel.

   2.  Double click on the System_Admin application group icon.

   3.  Double click on the Configuration application group icon.

   4.  Double click on the Print icon.

  To start printconfig from the xterm, enter the following command from the
  xterm:

       /usr/sbin/printconfig

  Note that the validation checking in the GUI interface is more strict than
  that used by the menu interface. If the GUI interface rejects an attribute
  value you believe to be acceptable, try the menu interface.

  Running the Menu Interface Option:

  To start the printconfig menu interface, enter the following command from
  the xterm:

       printconfig -ui menu

  This option invokes lprsetup.	 For more information, see the lprsetup(8)
  reference page.

  Running Online Help:

  You can view the Printer Configuration online help volume without running
  the application. To open the Printer Configuration help volume from the
  command line, enter the following command:

       /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -helpVolume \
       /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/PrintConfig.sdl

  You can also view online help for this application by choosing Help from
  the menu bar in the GUI version.  The Help pulldown menu is displayed,
  providing the following options:

  Overview: Displays the Overview section of the help volume, which describes
  the purpose of the application, how to run the application, and how to exit
  the application.

  Tasks: Displays the Tasks section of the help volume, which describes how
  to use the application to perform various tasks.

  Reference: Displays the Reference section of the help volume, which
  describes all dialog boxes and dialog box components in the application.

  On Item: Activates the On Item help functionality by displaying a question
  mark as the cursor.  When the cursor is positioned on any component in the
  application and you click on the component, a Help Viewer window is opened
  and the help for the selected component is displayed in the window.

  Using Help: Displays the standard CDE instructions on how to use the Help
  Viewer.

  About: Displays version, copyright, and trademark information for the
  application.

RESTRICTIONS
  The following restrictions apply when using older versions of printcap
  files, at Version 3.2 or earlier:

  Aliases that conflict with system-assigned names
      In Verion 4.0 /etc/printcap files, the system assigns printers names
      lp[0-9]*, [0-9]*, and for the default printer, lp . For example, the
      default printer may have a name field such as
      lp0|0|lp|default|declaser3500:... and another printer may be
      lp7|7|some_alias|another alias:...  As a result, the system will have
      difficulty with printers that have less than two names or that use
      these reserved names as aliases.

  Altered attribute validation
      Some of the attribute value checking is different.  For example, some
      fields that were not required now are, and some attributes values that
      were legal no longer are.

  Trailing comments
      The printconfig utility requires that all comments be associated with a
      printer. As a result, comments appearing after the last printer will be
      deleted.

  To avoid these problems, invoke printconfig with the menu interface as
  follows:

       # printconfig -ui menu

  This command invokes the lprsetup command line utility,  which is fully
  compatible with earlier printcap files.

EXAMPLES
  The following example shows how to start the printconfig menu interface
  from the command line:

       printconfig -ui menu

FILES
  /etc/printcap
      Contains the current printer configurations printconfig modifies the
      contents of this file

  /etc/lprsetup.dat
      Contains the known printer types and their default attribute values for
      creating new printer configurations

  /etc/rc.config
      Specifies the environment variables that define the PRINTCONFIG
      configuration on your system

SEE ALSO
  Commands: lpr(1), latcp(8), lpd(8), rc.config(8)

  Files: printcap(4)

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