How to move files already in printer que

[Janko Meskovski]

I need to move files already in a printer que to a different printer. I can get a list of the request ids with lpstat. Is there a way to move all the requests at once or at least a way to move them one by one.

[john korterman]

Hi,

I think it should be possible with the lpalt comand, e.g.:
# lpalt

but I have not treid it. try man lpalt.

regards,
John K.

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Take a look at the lpmove command

lpsched, lpshut, lpmove, lpfence - start/stop the LP request scheduler, move requests, and define the minimum priority for printing

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Janko Meskovski]

Thank you for your answers, it took some man reading but I solved the problem fast.

lpalt would help moving the qued items one by one.

"lpmove dest1 dest2" moved all the items already on que and redirected all future requests (which is exactly what I needed). I had to shutdown the scheduler first "lpshut" and restarted it with "lpsched".