- Book Information
- Index
- About This Book
- Chapter 1 Introduction to
Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
- What's New in Printing?
- Overview of the Oracle Solaris Printing Architecture
- Implementation of the Open Standard Print API
- Definition of a Print Server and a Print Client
- Description of the Internet Printing Protocol
- Description of the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol
- IPP Compared to the RFC-1179 Protocol
- Description of the SMB Protocol
- Using Printing Protocols in the Oracle Solaris Release
- Description of Solaris Print Manager
- Description of the LP Print Service
- The LP Print Client-Server Process
- Where to Find Printing Tasks
- Chapter 2 Planning for Printing (Tasks)
- Chapter 3 Setting Up Network Printing
Services (Tasks)
- Configuring the Internet Printing Protocol (Task Map)
- Configuring the Internet Printing Protocol
- Enabling, Disabling, and Restarting Network Printing Services (Task Map)
- Managing Network Printing Services
- How to Enable the IPP Network Listening Service
- How to Disable the IPP Network Listening Service
- How to Restart the IPP Network Listening Service
- How to Enable the RFC-1179 Network Listening Service
- How to Disable the RFC-1179 Network Listening Service
- How to Restart the RFC-1179 Network Listening Service
- How to Enable the SMB Network Service
- How to Disable the SMB Network Service
- How to Restart the SMB Network Service
- Chapter 4 Setting Up and Administering Printers
by Using Solaris Print Manager (Tasks)
- Setting Up Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager (Task Map)
- Getting Started With Solaris Print Manager
- Setting Up Directly Attached Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager
- Setting Up Network-Attached Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager
- Administering Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager (Task Map)
- Chapter 5 Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands
(Tasks)
- Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Task Map)
- Setting Up Directly Attached Printers by Using LP Print Commands
- Setting Up Network-Attached Printers by Using
LP Print Commands
- Oracle Support for Network Printers
- Invoking Network Printer Support
- Selecting the Printer Node Name
- Selecting the Destination Name (Also Called the Network Printer Access Name)
- Selecting the Network Printing Protocol
- Setting the Timeout Value
- Managing Network-Attached Printer Access
- How to Add a New Network-Attached Printer by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Set Up a Remote Printer That is Connected to a Print Server by Using IPP
- Adding a New Network-Attached Printer by Using Printer Vendor-Supplied Software
- Setting Up and Administering Printers on a Print Client (Task Map)
- Chapter 6 Administering Printers by Using LP Print
Commands
(Tasks)
- Administers
Printers Using LP Print Commands (Task Map)
- Setting Printer Definitions by Using LP Print Commands
- Setting Up a Default Printer Destination by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Set a System's Default Printer Destination by Using LP Print Commands
- Printing Banner Pages by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Make Banner Pages Optional by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Turn Off Banner Pages by Using LP Print Commands
- Setting Up Printer Classes by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Define a Class of Printers by Using LP Print Commands
- Setting Up Printer Fault Alerts by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Set Fault Alerts for a Printer by Using LP Print Commands
- Setting Up Printer Fault Recovery by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Set Printer Fault Recovery by Using LP Print Commands
- Limiting User Access to a Printer by Using LP Print Commands
- How to Limit User Access to a Printer by Using LP Print Commands
- Administering Printers That Are Associated With PPD Files (Task Map)
- Administers
Printers Using LP Print Commands (Task Map)
- Chapter 7 Customizing LP Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
- Chapter 8 Administering
the LP Print Scheduler and Managing Print Requests (Tasks)
- Administering the LP Print Scheduler (Task Map)
- Checking Printer Status
- How to Check the Status of Printers
- Stopping and Restarting the Print Scheduler
- How to Stop the Print Scheduler
- How to Restart the Print Scheduler
- Starting the Print Scheduler With Options
- How to Set Print Option Values Only for the Duration of a Call
- How to Set Printer Option Values That Remain Over a System Reboot
- Administering
Print Requests by Using LP Print Commands (Task Map)
- How to Check the Status of Print Requests
- Enabling or Disabling a Printer From Printing
- How to Enable or Disable a Printer
- Accepting or Rejecting Print Requests
- How to Accept or Reject Print Requests for a Printer
- Canceling a Print Request
- How to Cancel a Print Request
- How to Cancel a Print Request From a Specific User
- Moving a Print Request
- How to Move Print Requests to Another Printer
- Changing the Priority of Print Requests
- How to Change the Priority of a Print Request
- Administering the LP Print Scheduler (Task Map)
- Chapter 9 Administering Printers on a Network (Tasks)
- Administering Printers on a Network When Using the
Internet Printing Protocol (Task Map)
- How to Obtain Information About Printers When Using IPP
- How to Move Remote Print Requests Between Print Queues When Using IPP
- How to Modify Remote Print Requests When Using IPP
- Sharing Printers When Using IPP
- IPP Authentication Mechanisms
- Turning On IPP Authentication Mechanisms
- Setting Authorizations That Enable You to Accept Print Queues When Using IPP
- How to Add a User to the IPP AuthUser File
- Administering Printers on a Network When Using the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol (Task Map)
- Administering Printers on a Network When Using the SMB Protocol
- Administering Printers on a Network When Using the
Internet Printing Protocol (Task Map)
- Chapter 10 Administering Character Sets,
Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
- Administering Character Sets (Task Map)
- Administering Character Sets
- Selectable Character Sets
- Hardware Character Sets
- Tracking Print Wheels
- Alerts for Mounting Print Wheels or Font Cartridges
- How to Define a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
- How to Unmount and Mount a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
- How to Set an Alert to Mount a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
- How to Set Up an Alias for a Selectable Character Set
- Administering Print Filters (Task Map)
- Creating a New Print Filter
- Administering Print Filters
- Administering Forms (Task Map)
- Creating a New Printer Form
- Administering Forms
- Adding, Changing, or Deleting Forms
- How to Add a Form
- How to Delete a Form
- Mounting Forms
- How to Unmount and Mount a Form
- Tracking Forms
- Defining Alerts for Mounting Forms
- How to Set an Alert to Mount a Form
- Checking Forms
- How to View Information About a Form
- How to View the Current Status of a Form
- Limiting Access to Forms
- How to Limit User Access to a Form
- How to Limit Printer Access to a Form
- Administering Fonts (Task Map)
- Administering Fonts
- Chapter 11 Administering Printers by
Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)
- Administering PPD Files by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Task Map)
- Overview of the PPD File Management Utility
- Using the PPD File Manager (ppdmgr)
Utility
- How to Add a PPD File to a System by Using the ppdmgr Utility
- How to Add a PPD File to a System by Using the lpadmin -n Command
- Updating the PPD Cache File
- Rebuilding the PPD Cache File
- How to Update or Rebuild the PPD Cache File by Using the ppdmgr Utility
- Managing the ppd-cache-update Service
- How to Enable or Disable the ppd-cache-update Service
- Chapter 12 Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating
System (Reference)
- Solaris Print Manager
- LP Print Service
- LP Print Service Commands
- Functions of the LP Print Service
- Daemons and LP Internal Files
- LP Print Service Directories
- LP Print Service Configuration Files
- The terminfo Database
- Printer Names in the terminfo Database
- Required terminfo Items For a Printer
- LP Print Service Log Files
- Print Queue Logs
- History Log Files
- Spooling Directories
- Filtering Print Files
- How the Printer Interface Program Works
- Support for the Use of PPD Files To Set Up Printers
- PPD File Management Utility
- How the PAPI Is Implemented in the Oracle Solaris OS
- Chapter 13 Troubleshooting
Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
- Tips on Troubleshooting Printer Setup Problems
- Tips on Troubleshooting Printing Problems
- Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Printing Problems
- Troubleshooting No Printer Output
- How to Check the Printer Hardware
- How To Check the Printer Network Connections
- How to Debug Printing Problems
- How to Check the Basic Functions of the LP Print Service
- How to Check Printing From a Print Client to a Print Server
- How to Troubleshoot Incorrect Output
- How to Unhang the LP Print Service
- Troubleshooting an Idle (Hung) Printer
- How to Check That the Printer is Ready to Print
- Checking for Print Filtering
- How to Resume Printing After a Printer Fault
- How to Send Print Requests to a Remote Printer When Requests Are Backed Up in the Local Queue
- How to Free Print Requests From a Print Client That Are Backed Up in the Print Server Queue
- How to Resolve Conflicting Printer Status Messages
- Appendix A Using the Internet Printing Protocol
- Glossary