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System Administration Guide: Printing Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
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System Administration Guide: Printing Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
CUPS Replaces the LP Print Service as the Default Print Service
Access to Print Management Tools From the GNOME Desktop
Privilege Requirements for Using Print Commands
Overview of the Oracle Solaris Printing Architecture
Implementation of the Open Standard Print API
Definition of a Print Server and a Print Client
Description of the Internet Printing Protocol
Description of the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol
IPP Compared to the RFC-1179 Protocol
Description of the SMB Protocol
Using Printing Protocols in the Oracle Solaris Release
Description of Oracle Solaris Print Manager
Description of the LP Print Service
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)
CUPS support for setting up and managing printers includes a web browser interface and a GUI print management tool (system-config-printer) that can be accessed from the GNOME Desktop and also from the command line. You can access the CUPS web browser interface at http://localhost:631/.
To access the CUPS GUI from the desktop, choose System -> Administration -> Print Manager. Note that if the LP print service is active, the Print Manager for LP GUI is started instead. For more information about accessing the CUPS Print Manager, see Getting Started With the CUPS Print Manager GUI.
Configuring and managing printers by using the CUPS GUI is largely the same as using the CUPS web browser interface. However, the GUI has the advantage of being a native application rather than a web page. You can configure both local and remote print queues by using this tool. A CUPS library provides support for using HTTP and IPP to communicate with the CUPS server.
For more information about using CUPS to manage your printing environment, see Chapter 3, Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using CUPS (Tasks).
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