System Administration Guide: Printing

Setting Printer Definitions by Using Solaris Print Manager

The following table describes the printer definitions that you can set for a printer by using Solaris Print Manager. You can set the same definitions for a printer by using LP print commands.

Table 4–2 Printer Definition Descriptions

Printer Definition 

Description 

Example 

Default 

Required or Optional? 

Printer Name

Name of printer 

laser1

N/A 

Required to install an attached or network-attached printer and to add access to a printer 

Print server

Name of print server 

venus

Use localhost for Printer Server attribute check box selected by default

Required to install an attached or network-attached printer and to add access to a printer 

This field is filled in by the tool 

Description

User defined string 

laser printer near breakroom

N/A 

Optional 

Printer Port

Device that the printer is attached to 

/dev/term/a

/dev/term/a

Required to install an attached printer 

Printer Type

Type of printer 

unknown

PostScript

Required to install an attached printer or a network-attached printer without PPD files 

File Content Type

Content to be printed 

any

PostScript

Required to install an attached printer or a network-attached printer without PPD files 

Printer Make

Make of printer 

Lexmark 

N/A 

Required to install an attached printer or a network-attached printer with PPD files 

Printer Model

Model of printer 

Lexmark Optra E312 

N/A 

Required to install an attached printer or a network-attached printer with PPD files 

Printer Driver

Driver that is used by specifying PPD file 

Foomatic/PostScript 

N/A 

Required to install an attached printer or a network-attached printer with PPD files 

Fault Notification

Specifies how to notify user of errors 

Mail to superuser

Write to superuser

Optional 

Default Printer 

Identifies the default printer 

N/A 

N/A 

Optional 

Banner Page Drop-Down Menu: 

Specifies to print a banner page. 

N/A 

Banner is printed unless turned off by using lp command with appropriate option

Optional 

User Access List

List of users allowed to print on the print server 

rimmer,lister

All users can print 

Optional