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Preface

1.  Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System

What's New in Printing?

Privilege Requirements for Using Print Commands

PPD File Management Utility

Overview of the Oracle Solaris Printing Architecture

Available Printing Tools and Services

Implementation of the Open Standard Print API

Print Client Commands

Definition of a Print Server and a Print Client

Description of the Internet Printing Protocol

Description of the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol

IPP Compared to the RFC-1179 Protocol

Description of the SMB Protocol

What Is Samba?

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

Using Print Servers

Using Print Clients

Print Client Process Used by the LP Print Service

How Local Printing Works

How the LP Print Service Administers Files and Schedules Local Print Requests

How Remote Printing Works

Where to Find Printing Tasks

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)

A.  Using the Internet Printing Protocol

Glossary

Index

Where to Find Printing Tasks

Table 1-3 Printing Tasks

Printing Task
Topics Covered
For More Information
Set up and administer network printing protocols.
Setting up the IPP, RFC-1179, and SMB network printing protocols.
Set up and administer printers by using Solaris Print Manager.
Setting up print servers, adding directly attached and network-attached printers, and adding print clients.
Set up and administer printers by using LP print commands.
Setting up print servers, adding directly attached and network-attached printers, and adding print clients.
Administer printers.
Administering printers and print requests.
Customize printing services and printers.
Customizing printing services. Administering character sets, print forms, print filters, and print fonts.
Administer printers on a network.
Administering printers and print jobs that use the IPP, the RFC-1179, and the SMB network protocols.
Administer PPD files by using the PPD File Manager (ppdmgr).
Administering PPD Files on a system by using the ppdmgr utility.