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)
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)
Tips on Troubleshooting Printer Setup Problems
Locating Information About Parallel and USB-Connected Print Devices
Tips on Troubleshooting Printing Problems
Troubleshooting No Output (Nothing Prints)
Troubleshooting Incorrect Output
Check the Printer Type and File Content Type
Troubleshooting Hung lp Commands
Troubleshooting Idle (Hung) Printers
Print Requests Backed Up in the Local Queue
Print Requests Backed Up in the Remote Queue
Troubleshooting Conflicting Status Messages
Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Printing Problems
Troubleshooting No Printer Output
How to Check the Printer Hardware
How To Check the Printer Network Connections
How to Debug Printing Problems
How to Check the Basic Functions of the LP Print Service
How to Check Printing From a Print Client to a Print Server
How to Troubleshoot Incorrect Output
How to Unhang the LP Print Service
Troubleshooting an Idle (Hung) Printer
How to Check That the Printer is Ready to Print
How to Resume Printing After a Printer Fault
How to Send Print Requests to a Remote Printer When Requests Are Backed Up in the Local Queue
How to Free Print Requests From a Print Client That Are Backed Up in the Print Server Queue
How to Resolve Conflicting Printer Status Messages
This chapter explains how to troubleshoot printing problems that might occur when you set up or maintain printing services.
This is a list of the information that is in this chapter:
For overview information about printing, see Chapter 1, Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System.