Determining Which Printing Protocol to Use
The Solaris Print System uses two over-the-wire protocols for sending print requests from a print client to the print server. The following table describes the printing protocols that can be used for printing in the Solaris OS.
Table 2–1 Supported Printing Protocols|
Network Printing Protocol |
Server-Side Support? |
Client-Side Support? |
For More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) |
Server-side support for the IPP listening service is available, starting with the Solaris 10 release. |
IPP client-side support is available, starting with the Solaris Express 8/06 release. | |
|
RFC-1179 protocol |
Supported in all Solaris releases. |
Supported in all Solaris releases. | |
|
SMB protocol, through Samba Note – The SMB protocol, through Samba, is an implementation that enables interoperability between Linux and UNIX servers, and Windows-based clients. |
Supported, starting with the Solaris 9 OS. |
Supported, starting with the Solaris 9 OS. |
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