User Commands                                  gnome-printinfo(1)



NAME
     gnome-printinfo - GNOME print manager

SYNOPSIS
     gnome-printinfo [--default] [--edit] [--printer=printer]  [-
     -open=printer]   [--edit-path=default-source-file]   [gnome-
     std-options]

DESCRIPTION
     The GNOME Print Manager application enables you  to  control
     and  manage printers and print jobs. You can use GNOME Print
     Manager to perform the following tasks:

       ]o  Detect existing printers

       ]o  Choose which printer to use for different documents

       ]o  View a list of the print jobs that are queued  on  each
          printer

       ]o  Cancel print jobs that are queued


OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -d, --default                   Shows the printer queue  for
                                     the default printer only.



     -e, --edit                      Allows the superuser to edit
                                     the  default label, icon and
                                         description of printers,
                                     for  the  current  LANG set-
                                     ting.



     --edit-path=default-source-file Allows the superuser to edit
                                     the printer default settings
                                     for the GConf source  speci-
                                     fied.



     -o, --open=printer              Opens the printer queue win-
                                     dow    for   the   specified
                                     printer.






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     -p, --printer=printer           Shows the printer queue win-
                                     dow  for the specified prin-
                                     teronly.



     gnome-std-options               Standard  options  available
                                     for   use  with  most  GNOME
                                     applications.   See   gnome-
                                     std-options(5).



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Launching GNOME Print Manager to show the default
     printer only:

     example% gnome-printinfo -d

     Example 2: Launching GNOME Print  Manager  to  show  printer
     "prn004001":

     example% gnome-printinfo -p prn004001

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables:

     REQDIR                 Used to store print requests. If not
                             set,           defaults           to
                             /var/spool/lp/requests/%s/



     TMPDIR                 Used to store local print  jobs.  If
                             not       set,      defaults      to
                             /var/spool/lp/tmp



     LANG                    Current language setting.



     DEFPRN                 Current default printer.



     PRINTER                 Current printer.






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     LPDEST                  Destination printer for lp.



EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully



     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/gnome-printinfo        Executable for  GNOME  print
                                     manager



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-print             
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     GNOME Print Manager Manual

     Latest version of the GNOME  Desktop  User  Guide  for  your
     platform.

     lp(1),  lp(7D),  cancel(1),  enable(1),  lpq(1B),   lpr(1B),
     lprm(1B),    lpstat(1),    postprint(1),   pr(1),   stty(1),
     accept(1M),    lpadmin(1M),    lpfilter(1M),    lpforms(1M),
     lpmove(1M),     lpsched(1M),    lpshut(1M),    lpsystem(1M),
     lpusers(1M), printers(4),  printers.conf(4),  attributes(5),
     environ(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES
     Written by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.




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