System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

How to Add a New Attached Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager

In this release, the printer definitions that you can assign with Solaris Print Manager have been modified. The printer type and file content type printer definitions are no longer available. You are now required to specify the printer make, model, and driver when adding a new attached printer or modifying an existing attached printer with Solaris Print Manager.

For overview information about new or modified Solaris Print Manager features in this release, see What's New in Printing?.

  1. Select the system to be the print server.

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

    For instructions, see How to Start Solaris Print Manager.

  4. Select New Attached Printer from the Printer menu.

    The New Attached Printer window is displayed.

  5. Fill in the required fields with the appropriate information.

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

    For example, to add a new attached printer with PPD files, complete the following fields:


    Printer Name:
    Description:
    Printer Port:
    Printer Make:
    Printer Model:
    Printer Driver:
    Fault Notification:
    Options:
    Default Printer
    Always Print Banner
    User Access List:

    The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.

    To add a new attached printer without PPD files, complete the following fields:


    Printer Name:
    Description:
    Printer Port:
    Printer Type:
    File Contents:
    Fault Notification:
    Options:
    Default Printer
    Always Print Banner
    User Access List:

    The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.

    To add a new attached printer without PPD files, see Reverting to Previous Solaris Print Manager Printer Definition Screens.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Verify that the printer has been installed. Check for the new printer entry in the Solaris Print Manager main window.

  8. Verify that the printer can print requests.


    $ lp -d printer-name filename
    
  9. Exit Solaris Print Manager.

    Choose Exit from the Print Manager Menu.

Verifying That the New Solaris Print Manager Feature Is Working

In this release, the printer definitions that you can assign with Solaris Print Manager have been changed. The printer type and file content type options have been replaced with the printer make, printer model, and printer driver screen options.

When you are using Solaris Print Manager to create or modify a print queue, choose the files option as the name service. Select the Printer -> New Attached Printer option from the menu. If the drop-down menu displays printer make and printer model, the new feature is working.

Verifying That the RIP Feature Is Working

The RIP enables you to print to printers that do not have resident PostScript processing capabilities.

To ensure that the RIP feature is working you need to create a new print queue by selecting one of the make/model combinations that is available in the New Attached Printer and New Network Printer screens used by Solaris Print Manager. Then, try printing to the new printer. If the output of the print job is recognizable, the RIP feature is working. If the output of the print job is unrecognizable, then the RIP feature is not working.