Working with printer aliases

Introduction to printer aliases

Use Printer Aliases when you are creating a queue in Linux to provide alternative names for a print queue. For example, the real name of a print queue could be “Bldg_4_Room1,” but the alias describes it as “duplex." Users can then use “Bldg_4_Room1” or “duplex” as the print queue name when printing.

Note: Printer aliases are supported only on Linux platforms with the LPRng print subsystem enabled. If you want to modify the aliases of a queue, you need to recreate the print queue.

Creating a print queue with an alias

  1. Access the Printer Aliases screen of the Add Print Queue Wizard.

  2. Select Enable Printer Aliases.

  3. Enter the name of the alias in the Alias Name field.

Displaying the alias of a print queue

Right-click the print queue, and select Printer Aliases.