Configuring a printer without adding a queue (qprt command)

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You can use the qprt command to add a printer or plotter without adding a queue if you do not want to spool print jobs for the printer or plotter.

The printer or plotter must be physically attached to your system before configuring the printer port.

Use the following procedure if you want to add a printer or plotter, but you do not want to spool print jobs.

Note: If you also want to add print queues when you configure your printer, see Initial printer configuration.

The following example describes how to queue a print job using the qprt command, the enq command, the lp command, or the lpr command. The syntax is the same for all three queuing commands, except that the -d flag (instead of the -P flag) should be specified with the lp command:

Command -P QueueName FileName

where:

QueueName: Name of the print queue.
FileName: Name of the file to be printed.

The following example demonstrates how to use the qprt command:

qprt -Pfastest myfile

See the individual queuing commands for additional flags that can be specified.