System Administration Guide: Printing

Determining Which Printing Protocol to Use

The 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 1–1 Supported Printing Protocols


Network Printing Protocol	Server-Side Support?	Client-Side Support?	For More Information
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)	Server-side support for the IPP listening service is available, starting with the Oracle Solaris 10 release.	Supported in some Oracle Solaris releases.	Configuring the Internet Printing Protocol
RFC-1179 protocol	Supported in all Oracle Solaris releases.	Supported in all Oracle Solaris releases.	Description of the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol
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.	Description of the SMB Protocol