How the 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 10–10 describes the Solaris print commands that have been modified for use with the PAPI.

Table 10–10 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.