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AIX Version 4.3 Guide to Printers and Printing

Starting and Stopping a Print Queue

Prerequisites

To perform these tasks, you must have root authority.

Starting a Queue

  1. At the system prompt, type:
    wsm printers

  2. In the Web-based System Manager Printer Queues container, select the queue or device that you want to start.

  3. Select Start all Devices for Queue to start a queue. Select Start a Specific Device to start a device.

You can also perform this task with the following commands:

smit qstart

OR

qadm -U QueueName

Stopping a Queue

  1. At the system prompt, type:
    wsm printers

  2. In the Web-based System Manager Printer Queues container, select the queue or device that you want to stop.

  3. Select Stop all Devices for Queue to stop a queue. Select Stop a Specific Device to stop a device.

You can also perform this task with the following commands:

smit qstop

OR

qadm -D QueueName

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