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System Administration Guide: Printing Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
1. Introduction to Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System
Privilege Requirements for Using Print Commands
Overview of the Oracle Solaris Printing Architecture
Available Printing Tools and Services
Implementation of the Open Standard Print API
Definition of a Print Server and a Print Client
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
Determining Which Printing Protocol to Use
Selecting the Client-To-Server Network Printing Protocol
Printer URI Formats That Are Supported
Selecting the Server-To-Printer Network Printing Protocol
Description of Oracle Solaris Print Manager
Description of the LP Print Service
The LP Print Client-Server Process
Print Client Process Used by the LP Print Service
How the LP Print Service Administers Files and Schedules Local Print Requests
2. Planning for Printing (Tasks)
3. Setting Up Network Printing Services (Tasks)
4. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using Oracle Solaris Print Manager (Tasks)
5. Setting Up Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
6. Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands (Tasks)
7. Customizing LP Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
8. Administering the LP Print Scheduler and Managing Print Requests (Tasks)
9. Administering Printers on a Network (Tasks)
10. Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
11. Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)
12. Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Reference)
13. Troubleshooting Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
IPP is a recent industry standard network printing protocol that is used for client-to-server and server-to-printer communications. This protocol provides a basic model that includes printers and jobs, standard attributes for these printers and jobs, and a set of standard operations that can be performed against these printers and jobs. Because the objects, attributes, and operations are standardized, IPP is a method for communicating between client and server systems. In the Oracle Solaris OS, server-side support for this protocol is provided by an IPP listening service. IPP client-side support in the Oracle Solaris OS is implemented through the PAPI. IPP printer support is available through the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) interface script.
For step-by-step procedures and additional background information that is in this document, see Configuring the Internet Printing Protocol and Appendix A, Using the Internet Printing Protocol.