https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lpstat-error/m-p/2418359#M765863 When I execute the command "lpstat -t" in HP-UX 10.20 a list of disabled <BR />printers appears and at the end, the message "lpstat: execlp failed". In SAM <BR />"Printers and Plotters" the printers list doesn't appear.<BR /><BR />I suppose that there is an inconsistence in the printers definition. If I <BR />execute "lpadmin -x <PRINTER_NAME>" the message "<PRINTER_NAME> not existent" <BR />appears. <BR /><BR />How can I remove these printers ?<BR /><BR />Thank you before hand !</PRINTER_NAME></PRINTER_NAME> Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:55:53 GMT Jaume Bernado 2000-02-12T02:55:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lpstat-error/m-p/2418359#M765863 When I execute the command "lpstat -t" in HP-UX 10.20 a list of disabled <BR />printers appears and at the end, the message "lpstat: execlp failed". In SAM <BR />"Printers and Plotters" the printers list doesn't appear.<BR /><BR />I suppose that there is an inconsistence in the printers definition. If I <BR />execute "lpadmin -x <PRINTER_NAME>" the message "<PRINTER_NAME> not existent" <BR />appears. <BR /><BR />How can I remove these printers ?<BR /><BR />Thank you before hand !</PRINTER_NAME></PRINTER_NAME> Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:55:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lpstat-error/m-p/2418359#M765863 Jaume Bernado 2000-02-12T02:55:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lpstat-error/m-p/2418360#M765864 One thing to try is to add them first using the same names, and then removing <BR />them. But if there are any traces of them (like member files, etc.), you won't <BR />be able to add them either. If that's the case, you can either manually delete <BR />the traces, or you'll need to create bogus files to "stand-in" for the ones <BR />that lpadmin -x wants to delete. Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:54:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/lpstat-error/m-p/2418360#M765864 Dan Hull 2000-02-14T16:54:00Z