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System Administration Guide: Printing |
1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
Privilege Requirements for Using Print Commands
Overview of the Oracle Solaris Printing Architecture
Available Printing Tools and Services
Implementation of the Open Standard Print API
Definition of a Print Server and a Print Client
Description of the Internet Printing Protocol
IPP Compared to the RFC-1179 Protocol
Description of the SMB Protocol
Using Printing Protocols in the Oracle Solaris Release
Determining Which Printing Protocol to Use
Selecting the Client-To-Server Network Printing Protocol
Printer URI Formats That Are Supported
Selecting the Server-To-Printer Network Printing Protocol
Description of Solaris Print Manager
Description of the LP Print Service
The LP Print Client-Server Process
Print Client Process Used by the LP Print Service
How the LP Print Service Administers Files and Schedules Local Print Requests
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
3. Setting Up Network Printing Services (Tasks)
4. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager (Tasks)
5. Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
6. Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
7. Customizing LP Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
8. Administering the LP Print Scheduler and Managing Print Requests (Tasks)
9. Administering Printers on a Network (Tasks)
10. Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
11. Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)
12. Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Reference)
13. Troubleshooting Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
Also referred to as the BSD protocol, the RFC-1179 protocol is an existing over-the-wire protocol that is widely used for communicating between print clients and servers and network-attached printers that are configured by using the LP print service or Solaris Print Manager. The Request for Comments (RFC) 1179 describes the protocol that a line printer daemon client uses to control printing. Developed originally for BSD UNIX, the RFC-1179 printing protocol has long been the cross-platform standard for printing. You can use this protocol to perform basic printing tasks, such as submitting and canceling print jobs, and obtaining print job status. The RFC-1179 protocol is able to communicate with LPD-based print servers and any other print server that accepts the BSD printing protocol. Many network-attached printers offer this protocol as an option for transferring job data.
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