System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing

ProcedureHow To Set Up Auto-Discovered Printers by Using the OpenSolaris Print Manager

Use this procedure to complete the setup of a new local or a new network printer queue that has been auto-discovered.

  1. To configure the new printer queue, enter all the appropriate information for the printer in the dialog.

    Graphic of the Add Printer Queue dialog that contains
preconfigured settings for a new directly attached or new network-attached
printer.
    1. In the Connection section of the dialog, select the connection type from the drop-down menu.

      If you are adding a local printer queue, the connection type is Local Device.

    2. Enter the name or IP address of the print server. (Applies to network printer queues only)


    Note –

    For a local printer queue, no print server or IP address is required.


  2. In the Printer Details section of the dialog, enter all the appropriate information.

  3. To set the printer queue as the default, select the Set as default printer queue check box.

  4. To add the new printer queue, click Add.

    The new printer queue is displayed in the Queue pane of the Print Manager window.

  5. (Optional) To print a test page, click the Print Test Page button.