How PAPI Is Implemented in the Solaris OS

This section contains additional background information about the FSG OpenPrinting Open Standard Print Application Programming Interface (PAPI), a print service-independent interface for accessing printing support on a local host or a network.

The PAPI contains a set of printing related objects or data structures and a set of operations or functions to manipulate the objects.

The following are supported tasks:

Querying the print service
Submitting print jobs
Modifying print jobs
Canceling print jobs

Modified Solaris Print Commands

Table Table 11-10 describes the Solaris print commands that have been modified for use with the PAPI.

Table 11-10 Modified Solaris Print Commands

Command	Origin	Function
`lpr`	BSD	Submit print jobs.
`lpq`	BSD	Query print queues and print jobs.
`lprm`	BSD	Remove print jobs.
`lpc`	BSD	Control print jobs: `accept`, `reject`, `enable`, `disable`, `clear`, `topq`
`lp`	SysV	Submit print jobs.
`lpstat`	SysV	Query print server (print queues, print jobs, other).
`cancel`	SysV	Remove print jobs.
`lpmove`	SysV	Move jobs between local print queues.
`accept`	SysV	Enable queueing of print jobs on a print queue.
`reject`	SysV	Disable queueing of print jobs on a print queue.
`enable`	SysV	Enable job processing on a print queue.
`disable`	SysV	Disable job processing on a print queue.