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System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing

ProcedureHow to Add a New Directly Attached Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager

When adding a directly attached printer by using Solaris Print Manager, the default is to use PPD files. The Use PPD files attribute is located in the Print Manager drop-down menu in Solaris Print Manager. This default attribute enables you to select the printer make, model, and driver when adding new printer. You can deselect this attribute if you are adding a printer that does not use a PPD file.

This procedure shows you how to add a new attached printer by using Solaris Print Manager with the Use PPD files default attribute is selected. To add a new attached printer without PPD files, deselect this attribute by removing the checkmark from the check box.

  1. Select the system to be the print server.

  2. Connect the printer to the print server. Turn on the power to the printer.

    Consult the printer vendor's installation documentation for information about the hardware switches and cabling requirements.

  3. Start Solaris Print Manager on the print server where you connected the printer.

    For instructions, see How to Start Solaris Print Manager.

    You can specify localhost as the host name in the print system's databases. This modification was made to enable print servers to maintain the same print host name, localhost, independent of the machine host name. This option is the default in Solaris Print Manager. You can deselect this check box to revert to earlier behavior for this option. Note that this option applies exclusively to the set up of local print queues. For more information, see Using PPD Files When Setting Up a Printer in Solaris Print Manager.

    To set up a local print queue specifying localhost as the host name by using the lpadmin command with the -s option, see How to Use LP Print Commands to Add a Print Queue With localhost Specified as the Host Name.

  4. Select New Attached Printer from the Printer menu.

    The New Attached Printer window is displayed.

  5. Fill in the required fields with the appropriate information.

    If you need information to complete a field, click the Help button.

    For example, to add a new attached printer with PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:


    Printer Name:
Description:
Printer Port:
Printer Make:
Printer Model:
Printer Driver:
Fault Notification:
Options:
Default Printer
Always Print Banner
User Access List:

    The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.

    To add a new attached printer without PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:


    Printer Name:
Description:
Printer Port:
Printer Type:
File Contents:
Fault Notification:
Options:
Default Printer
Always Print Banner
User Access List:

    The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Verify that the printer has been installed. Check for the new printer entry in the Solaris Print Manager main window.

  8. Verify that the printer can print requests.


    $ lp -d printer-name filename

  9. Exit Solaris Print Manager.

    Choose Exit from the Print Manager Menu.

  10. Verify that the new Solaris Print Manager feature is working.

    When you are using Solaris Print Manager to create or modify a print queue, choose the files option as the naming service. Select the New Attached Printer option from the menu. If the drop-down menu displays the printer make and printer model, the new feature is working.

Verifying That the RIP Feature Is Working

The RIP enables you to print to printers that do not have resident PostScript processing capabilities.

To ensure that the RIP feature is working you need to create a new print queue by selecting one of the make/model combinations that is available in the New Attached Printer and New Network Printer screens used by Solaris Print Manager. Then, try printing to the new printer. If the output of the print job is recognizable, the RIP feature is working. If the output of the print job is unrecognizable, then the RIP feature is not working.