1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
Determining a Method to Use for Printer Setup and Administration
Selecting Printing Tools and Services
Distributing Printers on the Network
Printer Configuration Resources
Printing Support in the Naming Service Switch
Adding Printer Information to a Naming Service
How the Printing Software Locates Printers
Assigning Print Servers and Print Clients
Print Server Requirements and Recommendations
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)
Planning for printer setup and administration includes the following activities:
Defining attributes of printers, such as printer name, printer description, printer port
Selecting a printer make, model, and driver (for setting up printers with PPD files)
Selecting a printer type and file content type (for setting up printers without PPD files)
Determining which PPD file to use (for setting up printers with PPD files)
Setting up a default printer destination
Determining whether you want to print banner pages
Limiting user access to printer
Setting up printer classes
Setting up fault notification
Setting up fault recovery