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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
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)
Administering PPD Files by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Task Map)
Overview of the PPD File Management Utility
Specifying a PPD File Repository
Locating PPD File Label and Repository Information in Oracle Solaris Print Manager
Using the PPD File Manager (ppdmgr) Utility
How to Add a PPD File to a System by Using the ppdmgr Utility
How to Add a PPD File to a System by Using the lpadmin -n Command
How to Update or Rebuild the PPD Cache File by Using the ppdmgr Utility
Managing the ppd-cache-update Service
How to Enable or Disable the ppd-cache-update Service
12. Printing in the Oracle Solaris Operating System (Reference)
13. Troubleshooting Printing Problems in the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
This chapter describes how to use the PPD File Manager, /usr/sbin/ppdmgr, utility to administer PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files that are used with the print subsystem. The ppdmgr utility enables you to customize printers and automates a variety of administrative printing tasks.
This is a list of the information that is in this chapter:
For reference information, see PPD File Management Utility.