Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

To Add a Printer to the Desktop

  1. Add a printer to your system's configuration.

    Follow the instructions in the system administration documentation for your operating system.

  2. Run the command:

    	env LANG=language /usr/dt/bin/dtprintinfo -populate
  3. Restart Print Manager or double-click Reload Actions from the Desktop_Tools application group in Application Manager. Verify that the printer shows up.

  4. Send mail to your users to let them know they should also restart Print Manager or run Reload Actions.

    Each time it is invoked, Print Manager reads the system printers configuration list. If it detects a new printer, it automatically creates a new desktop printer action and icon for that printer. You don't need to do anything else to make the printer appear on the desktop.