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From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Looking for Printer names
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Date: 7 Sep 89 14:36:27 GMT
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In article <3979@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>In <2024@munnari.oz.au> kklw@mullian..ee.mu.OZ.AU (Kevin K L WONG) writes:
>> 	How can I find out what are the names of printers availble in an
>> unix system for the command lpr ? Thank you.
>
>	Assuming you are running a fairly standard Berkeley system, you
>should be able to just look at the /etc/printcap file.  It should have a
>number of entries which look sort of like the following.  The first bit,
>the "lp9|cit902" gives the name(s) for this printer.
>...

  Unless the program is restricted, you can also use the lpc command (usually
located in /etc) to get all the printer names.  Just say "lpc stat all".  It's
output will look like the following:

% cets:
	queuing is enabled
	printing is enabled
	no entries
	no daemon present
pender:
	queuing is enabled
	printing is enabled
	no entries
	no daemon present
lw:
	queuing is enabled
	printing is enabled
	no entries
	no daemon present

where "cets", "pender", and "lw" are the names of the printers.

						Jeff White
						University of Pennsylvania
						jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu