System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Invoking the Network Printer Support

The software support for network printers is called through one of the following interface scripts:

The configuring of a network printer with the network interface script causes the network printer support module to be called.

The command to configure the printer for network support with PPD files is as follows:


# lpadmin -p printer-name -m netstandard_foomatic 

The command to configure the printer for network support without PPD files is as follows:


# lpadmin -p printer-name -m netstandard