Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide

About This Book

The Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide provides overview, task, and reference information for setting up and managing SunSoft^TM Print Client software on SVR4 (LP) print servers.

This book contains a high-level map of print setup and management tasks available through the Printer Manager application within Solstice^TM AdminSuite^TM. Detailed instructions for using Printer Manager are contained in the latest Solstice AdminSuite Guide.

Solstice AdminSuite is a suite of graphical user interface tools used to perform system administration tasks in the Solaris^TM software environment.

Who Should Use This Book

The Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide is intended primarily for experienced and junior system administrators who need information on setting up and managing SunSoft Print Client software, though some parts of the book are also intended for other users.

This book assumes that you are familiar with mouse-use terminology, such as Select (click on an item once) and Choose (click on a MENU button on the mouse and slide the cursor to the item you would like to choose).

To use the Printer Manager application within the Solstice AdminSuite product, you should be familiar with UNIX® system software concepts, the network configuration of your site, and your site policies for security.

How This Book Is Organized

The following list gives a brief description of each chapter in this book.

Chapter 1, SunSoft Print Client Software Overview illustrates the SunSoft print process and describes the role of the SunSoft print client, print server, and print commands. It also summarizes the advantages of SunSoft Print Client software compared to the LP print service that comes bundled with the Solaris operating environment.

Chapter 2, Updating SunSoft Print Clients to Access Existing Printers, explains how to convert existing SunOS^TM 5.x or 4.x systems at your site to use the SunSoft Print Client software.

Chapter 3, Setting Up SunSoft Print Client Software With Printer Manager, provides a task map for setting up and managing SunSoft print servers and SunSoft print clients.

Chapter 4, Modifying the User Environment, tells the user how to create a printer alias file.

Chapter 5, SunSoft Print Commands Reference, describes the SunSoft print client commands and SunSoft print administration commands.

Chapter 6, Print Administration Reference, provides reference information about administering the SunSoft print process.

Related Books

The following books contain information related to the topics in the Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide.

Federated Naming Service Programming Guide in the Solaris 2.5 Software Developer AnswerBook
Latest Solstice AdminSuite Administration Guide
System Administration Guide, in the Solaris 2.5 System Administrator AnswerBook, Volume II

You may need to refer to these books for supplementary information about federated naming conventions, the Solstice AdminSuite applications, and LP print service administration.

What Typographic Changes Mean

Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% You have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Table P-2 shows the default system prompt for the C shell, and the default and root prompts for the Bourne shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell default prompt	`%`
Bourne shell default prompt	`$`
Bourne shell root prompt	`#`

In this book, the C shell default prompt is shown in examples of commands entered by users. The Bourne shell prompts are shown in examples of commands entered by the system administrator.