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 |
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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. |