1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
3. Setting Up Network Printing Services (Tasks)
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
How to Start Solaris Print Manager
Setting Up Directly Attached Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager
Setting Printer Definitions by Using Solaris Print Manager
Specifying PPD Files When Setting Up a Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager
How to Add a New Directly Attached Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager
How to Add a Print Queue With localhost Specified as the Host Name (Solaris Print Manager)
Setting Up Network-Attached Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager
How to Add a New Network-Attached Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager
Administering Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager (Task Map)
How to Add Printer Access by Using Solaris Print Manager
How to Delete a Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager
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)
Setting up a network-attached printer by using 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 Solaris Print Manager
The Use PPD files default attribute in Solaris Print Manage enables you to select the printer make, model, and driver when adding new printer.
The following procedure describes how to add a new network—attached printer by using 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.
Consult the printer vendor's installation documentation for information about the hardware switches and cabling requirements.
For instructions, see How to Start 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 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).
The New Network Printer window is displayed.
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 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 Solaris Print Manager.
$ lp -d printer-name filename