Modifications to Solaris Print Manager Printer Definition Screens (System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration)

System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Modifications to Solaris Print Manager Printer Definition Screens

The Solaris Print Manager printer definition screens have been modified to accommodate the new expanded printer support feature. In this release, you can no longer use Solaris Print Manager to assign the following printer defintions:

Printer Type
File Content Type

The following Solaris Print Manager screens have been modified:

New Attached Printer
Modify Printer Properties (for an attached printer)
New Network Printer
Modify Printer Properties (for a network printer)

For these screens, Printer Type and File Content Type have been replaced with the following options:

Printer Make
Printer Model
Printer Driver

The following table describes the printer definitions that are used by Solaris Print Manager and their availability, depending on which Solaris software release you are running.

Table 2–1 Printer Definitions Used by Solaris Print Manager


Printer Definition	Available in releases prior to Solaris 9 9/04	Available in Solaris 9 9/04 release
`Printer Name`	Yes	Yes
`Printer Server`	Yes	Yes
`Description`	Yes	Yes
`Printer Type`	Yes	No, not by default
`File Contents`	Yes	No, not by default
`Printer Make`	No	Yes
`Printer Model`	No	Yes
`Printer Driver`	No	Yes
`Fault Notification`	Yes	Yes
`Options`	Yes	Yes
`User Access List`	Yes	Yes
`Default Printer`	Yes	Yes
`Always Print Banner`	Yes	Yes

For a detailed description of the printer make, printer model, and printer driver printer definitions, see Setting Definitions for Printers.

Note –

Using PPD files is a per-queue configuration option, and is not a requirement. PPD files are not required for printers that already contain the RIP feature. You can continue to configure these printers the same way that you did for previous Solaris releases.