Managing printer groups

Printer groups help you select a small group of print queues from the available print queues on a UNIX system. You can use the Group Manager tool to add or remove print queues in groups.

Creating a printer group

You can create a printer group using the Group Manager tool. You can access the New Group Manager dialog box by right-clicking All Printers and selecting New Group.

  1. Enter the group name in the Group Name field.

  2. From the Available Print Queues column, select the print queues you want to add to the group.

  3. Click right arrow to add the print queues to the Select Print Queue column. Click double right arrow to move all queues to the Select Print Queue column.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Note: To remove a print queue from the Select Print Queue column, select the print queues to be removed, and then click left arrow.

Adding a print queue to My Printers or another printer group

You can add a print queue to My Printers or another printer group either by dragging a printer from the main window onto a printer group or by using the Group Manager tool.

  1. Right-click a group name, and then select Group Manager.

  2. From Available Print Queues, select the print queues you want to add to the group.

  3. Click right arrow to add the print queues to the group.

    Note: To remove a print queue from the Selected Print Queue column, select the print queues to be removed, and then click left arrow.

Removing a printer group

To delete a specific group:

  1. Right-click the group name.

  2. Click Delete.

To delete multiple groups:

  1. Right-click All Printers.

  2. Select Delete Group.

  3. Select the groups you want to delete.

  4. Click Remove.

    Note: You cannot remove the My Printers or All Printers groups.