How to Add a New Attached Printer With Solaris Print Manager

1. Select the system which is to be the printer server.

2. Connect the printer to the printer server and 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 printer server where you connected the printer.

   See "How to Start Solaris Print Manager" for instructions.

4. Select New Attached Printer from the Printer menu.

   The New Attached Printer window is displayed.

5. Fill in the window.

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

6. Click OK.

7. Verify that the printer has been installed by checking for the new printer entry in the Solaris Print Manager main window. Verify the printer can print requests by using the following command:

   $ lp -d printer-name filename

8. Exit Solaris Print Manager.

   Choose Exit from the Print Manager Menu.

Example--Adding a New Attached Printer With LP Commands

This example shows how to make a local PostScript printer available for printing on a print server. The commands in this example must be executed on the print server where the printer is connected. The following information is used as an example. The information you provide will vary:

• Printer name: luna

• Port device: /dev/term/b

• Printer type: PS

• File content type: postscript

  # chown lp /dev/term/b # chmod 600 /dev/term/b 1 # lpadmin -p luna -v /dev/term/b 2 # lpadmin -p luna -T PS 3 # lpadmin -p luna -I postscript 4 # cd /etc/lp/fd # for filter in *.fd;do > name=`basename $filter .fd` > lpfilter -f $name -F $filter > done 5 # accept luna destination "luna" now accepting requests # enable luna 6 printer "luna" now enabled # lpadmin -p luna -D "Room 1954 ps" 7 # lpstat -p luna 8 printer luna is idle. enabled since Jul 12 11:17 1999. available.

1. Gives lp ownership and sole access to a port device.

2. Defines the printer name and the port device the printer will use.

3. Sets the printer type of the printer.

4. Specifies the file content types to which the printer can print directly.

5. Adds print filters to the print server.

6. Accepts print requests for the printer and enables the printer.

7. Adds a description for the printer.

8. Verifies that the printer is ready.

Where to Go From Here

Use the following table to determine which tasks to complete next.