Upgrading Printer Administration

If you are upgrading from the Solaris(TM) 2.5.1 to the Solaris 2.6 operating environment, and printer configuration information resides on the system being upgraded, you must convert the Solaris 2.5.1 LP configuration to the format that is used by the Solaris 2.6 LP print services. If you don't, the printers on the Solaris 2.6 system may not be configured correctly.

To Convert the LP Configuration

1. Upgrade to the Solaris 2.6 operating environment.

2. As superuser, open a shell window and run the following script:

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   # /usr/lib/print/conv_lp
   

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   This script constructs the /etc/printers.conf file from the contents of the /etc/lp/printers directory.