How to Start Solaris Print Manager

1. Verify that the following prerequisites are met. To use Solaris Print Manager, you must:

   • Have a bit-mapped display monitor. Solaris Print Manager can be used only on a system with a console that is a bit-mapped screen, such as a standard display monitor that comes with a Sun workstation.

   • Be running an X Window System, such as the CDE environment, or be using the remote display feature on a system running an xhost environment.

   • Be logged in as superuser on the printer server to install an attached or network printer, or on the print client to add access to a printer.

   • Have the required access privileges for managing the NIS or NIS+ database:

     • If your name service is NIS, you must have the root password for the NIS master.

     • If your name service is NIS+ with FNS, you may need to do the following:

       1. Log in to the NIS+ master as superuser.

       2. Identify the group that owns the federated naming table:

          # niscat -o fns.ctx_dir.domain_name.com . . . Group : "admin.domain_name.com"

       3. If necessary, add the system that runs Solaris Print Manager to the NIS+ admin group authorized to update the fns.ctx_dir.<domain> file.

          # nisgrpadm -a admin.domain_name.com host_name

       4. Log in to the system that runs Solaris Print Manager as superuser. Depending on your NIS+ configuration, you may also need to run the /usr/bin/keylogin command. See keylogin(1) for more information.

   • Have the SUNWppm package installed.

     # pkginfo | grep SUNWppm system SUNWppm Solaris Print Manager

2. Start Solaris Management Console.

   # smc &

   The Solaris Management Console (SMC) window is displayed.

3. Click the Solaris Print Manager icon in the SMC window.

   The Select Naming Service window overlays the Solaris Print Manager main window.

   If the Solaris Print Manager icon does not appear in the SMC window, set the DISPLAY environment variable, and start Solaris Print Manager:

   # DISPLAY=hostname # export DISPLAY # /usr/sadm/admin/bin/printmgr &

4. Select the name service used in your network from the Select Naming Service window. Choices are: NIS+ (xfn), NIS, or files.

5. Check that the domain name is correct.

   The Solaris Print Manager main menu is displayed after the name service is loaded successfully.