Adding and Deleting Printers

This section contains the procedures for adding and deleting printers from the desktop.

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.

To Delete a Printer from the Desktop

1. Remove the printer from your system's configuration.

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

2. Restart Print Manager or double-click Reload Actions from the Desktop_Tools application group in Application Manager. Verify that the printer is gone.

3. 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 sees that a printer has been removed from the list, it automatically removes that printer's action and icon from Print Manager and File Manager. You don't need to do anything else to delete the printer from the desktop.

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   Note –

   Print Manager cannot remove printers from the Front Panel. Therefore, whenever you remove a printer from your configuration, you should send mail to all users on the system telling them to remove any icons of the deleted printer from the Front Panel.

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Modifying the Job Update Interval

To change how often the information displayed in Print Manager is updated, modify the job update interval. By default, Print Manager queries printers every thirty seconds for information on their print jobs. You can change how often Print Manager queries the printers by using the Update Interval slider in the Set Options dialog box (displayed by choosing Set Options from the View menu).