Introduction to printer classes

Printer classes help you group several printers into one class. Once a printer class is set up, you can print to a class rather than a specific printer. Because printing resources are pooled within a class, the first available printer completes your job, providing faster turnaround.

Note:Printer classes are optional and should be used only if they are considered beneficial for users.

Printer classes are only available when you are creating a queue on Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, or Linux with CUPS enabled.

You can access printer classes in two ways:

To add this printer to a class, select Enable Printer Classes. You have three options available:

You cannot remove a queue from a class at the time you create the queue.

You can also change or modify a printer queue class from the command line. To add a queue to a new or existing class, run the following command:

# /usr/ibmprint/bin/chqueue -q myqueue -c -a class1,class2

To remove a queue from a class, run the following command:

# /usr/ibmprint/bin/chqueue -q myqueue -c -r class1
Note:After the last queue has been removed from a class, the class is removed automatically.