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Solaris Transition Guide

Using SunOS Release 5.7 Printer Administration Commands

This section describes differences between printer setup and administration on SunOS release 4 and Solaris 7 systems. All the underlying system services described are available only in the Solaris 7 operating environment. The SunOS release 4 counterparts are not available even in compatibility mode.

You must use the System V printer administration commands lpadmin(1M) and lpsystem(1M) , the terminfo database, and the configuration files in the /etc/lp directory. See System Administration Guide, Volume II for details.

Table 11-2 shows the command equivalents for setting up printing.

Table 11-2 Printer Administration, Setup, and File Equivalents

SunOS release 4 

SunOS release 5.7 

Function 

lpc

lpadmin

Control line printer functions 

/etc/printcap

terminfo database and

/etc/lp/printers/printername/*

File that defines printer functions 

/var/spool

 

/var/spool/lp

Directory where printing system stores spool and lock files 

Not available 

lpmove

Move print queues between printers 

lpc down

reject

Stop queueing to a printer 

Printing troff

In the SunOS release 4 software, you need the following command to send a troff file to the default printer. 

% troff filename

In the Solaris 7 operating environment, you must specify that you want the file printed by piping (|) the output to the lp command. Table 11-3 shows the SunOS release 5.7 troff commands.

Table 11-3 SunOS release 5.7 troff Commands

SunOS release 5.7 Command  

Function 

troff file | /usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost|lp

Sends to default printer that supports troff jobs 

troff file| /usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost|lp -d printer

Sends to a particular printer 

troff file | lp-Ttroff

Sends to any printer that supports troff jobs