Setting Printer Definitions by Using Solaris Print Manager

Solaris Print Manager contains the following drop-down menus:

• Print Manager

• Printer

• Tools

The Print Manager menu contains the following selectable options and attributes:

• Select Naming Service

  When you select this option, the Solaris Print Manager: Select Naming Service window is displayed.

  Options that might be available from this drop-down menu include:

  • files

  • LDAP

  • NIS

  • NIS+

  To close the Select Naming Service window, click OK, Reset, Cancel, or Help.

• Show Command-Line Console

• Confirm All Actions

• Use PPD files

• Use localhost for Printer Server

  A new tool attribute check box, Use localhost for Printer Server, is now available. This attribute is selected by default. When creating a local print queue, use this option to 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. To revert to earlier behavior for this option, deselect the check box.

The Printer menu contains the following selectable options:

• Add Access to Printer

• Add Attached Printer

• Add Network Printer

• Modify Printer Properties – This option is not available until you select a printer from the list of available printers to modify.

• Delete Printer – This option is not available out until you select a printer from the list of available printers to delete.

The Tools menu contains the following selectable options:

• Find Printer