Setting Up Network-Attached Printers by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager

Setting up a network-attached printer by using Oracle Solaris Print Manager is similar to setting up a directly attached printer. The printer definitions that you are required to set vary. For information on the printer definitions that you are required to set during the setup of a network-attached printer, see Setting Printer Definitions by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager.

How to Add a New Network-Attached Printer by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager

The following procedure describes how to add a new network—attached printer by using Oracle Solaris Print Manager with the Use PPD files default attribute is selected. To add a new network-attached printer without PPD files, deselect this attribute by removing the checkmark from the check box.

1. Select the system to be the print server.
2. Connect the printer to the network. Turn on the power to the printer.

   Consult the printer vendor's installation documentation for information about the hardware switches and cabling requirements.

3. Start Oracle Solaris Print Manager on the print server.

   For instructions, see How to Start Oracle Solaris Print Manager.

   In this Solaris release you can specify localhost as the host name in the print system's databases. This modification was added to enable print servers to maintain the same print host name, localhost, independent of the machine host name. This option is the default in Oracle Solaris Print Manager. To revert to earlier behavior for this option, deselect the check box. Note that this option applies exclusively to the setup of local print queues.

   To set up a local print queue specifying localhost as the host name by using the lpadmin command with the -s option, see How to Add a Print Queue With localhost Specified as the Host Name (LP Print Commands).

4. Select New Network Printer from the Printer menu.

   The New Network Printer window is displayed.

5. Fill in the required fields with the appropriate information.

   If you need information to complete a field, click the Help button.

   For example, to add a new network-attached printer with PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:

   Printer Name:
   Description:
   Printer Make:
   Printer Model:
   Printer Driver:
   Fault Notification:
   Destination:
   Protocol:
   Options:
   Default Printer
   Always Use Banner
   User Access List:

   The Printer Server field is filled in by Oracle Solaris Print Manager.

   To add a new network-attached printer without PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:

   Printer Name:
   Description:
   Printer Type:
   File Contents:
   Fault Notification:
   destination:
   Protocol:
   Options:
   Default Printer
   Always Use Banner
   User Access List:

   The Printer Server field is filled in by Oracle Solaris Print Manager.

6. Click OK.
7. Verify that the printer has been installed. Check for the new printer entry in the Oracle Solaris Print Manager main window.
8. Verify that the printer can print requests.

   $ lp -d printer-name filename