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System Administration Guide: Printing Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
3. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using CUPS (Tasks)
4. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using Print Manager for LP (Tasks)
5. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager (Tasks)
6. Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
7. Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
8. Customizing LP Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
9. Administering the LP Print Scheduler and Managing Print Requests (Tasks)
10. Administering Printers on a Network (Tasks)
11. Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
12. Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)
13. Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Reference)
14. Troubleshooting Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
Tips on Troubleshooting Printer Setup Problems
Locating Information About Parallel and USB-Connected Print Devices
Tips on Troubleshooting Printing Problems
Troubleshooting No Output (Nothing Prints)
Troubleshooting Incorrect Output
Check the Printer Type and File Content Type
Troubleshooting Hung lp Commands
Troubleshooting Idle (Hung) Printers
Print Requests Backed Up in the Local Queue
Print Requests Backed Up in the Remote Queue
Troubleshooting Conflicting Status Messages
Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Printing Problems
Troubleshooting No Printer Output
How to Check the Printer Hardware
How To Check the Printer Network Connections
How to Debug Printing Problems
How to Check the Basic Functions of the LP Print Service
How to Check Printing From a Print Client to a Print Server
How to Troubleshoot Incorrect Output
How to Unhang the LP Print Service
Troubleshooting an Idle (Hung) Printer
How to Check That the Printer is Ready to Print
How to Resume Printing After a Printer Fault
How to Send Print Requests to a Remote Printer When Requests Are Backed Up in the Local Queue
How to Free Print Requests From a Print Client That Are Backed Up in the Print Server Queue
Sometimes, when setting up a printer, you might need to locate printer device identification information. See Locating Information About Parallel and USB-Connected Print Devices for more information.
Information about parallel and USB-connected printers is located in the /dev/printers directory.
To query printers for IEEE1284 device identification information, type:
# /usr/lib/lp/bin/printer-info -a /dev/printers/*
For example:
# /usr/lib/lp/bin/printer-info -a /dev/printers/* /dev/printers/0: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Model: hp color LaserJet 4650 Description: Hewlett-Packard color LaserJet 4650 Class: PRINTER Command set: cmd[0]: PJL cmd[1]: MLC cmd[2]: BIDI-ECP cmd[3]: PCLXL cmd[4]: PCL cmd[5]: PDF cmd[6]: PJL cmd[7]: MIME cmd[8]: POSTSCRIPT
Note that when you add a device with Oracle Solaris Print Manager, the same program is used to detect and provide information about the printer make and model in the Add Attached Printer dialog box. See printmgr(1M) for more information.