Setting Up Network‐Attached Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager

The following table describes each printer attribute to help you determine the information that is needed to set up a network‐attached printer with Solaris Print Manager.

Printer Definition	Description	Example	Default Setting	Required or Optional?
`Printer Name`	Name of printer	`laser1`	N/A	Required to install an attached or network printer and to add access to a printer
`Print server`	Name of print server	`venus`	`Use localhost for Printer Server` attribute check box selected by default	Required to install an attached or network printer and to add access to a printer — This field is filled in by the tool
`Description`	User defined string	`laser printer near breakroom`	N/A	Optional
`Printer Type`	Type of printer	`unknown`	`PostScript`	Required to install an attached printer or a network printer without PPD files
`File Content Type`	Content to be printed	`any`	`PostScript`	Required to install an attached printer or a network printer without PPD files
`Printer Make`	Make of printer	Lexmark	N/A	Required to install an attached printer or a network printer with PPD files
`Printer Model`	Model of printer	Lexmark Optra E312	N/A	Required to install an attached printer or a network printer with PPD files
`Printer Driver`	Driver that is used by specifying PPD file	Foomatic/PostScript	N/A	Required to install an attached printer or a network printer with PPD files
`Destination`	Destination name for the network printer	For examples, see Selecting the Destination Name (Also Called the Network Printer Access Name)	N/A	Required to install a network printer
`Protocol`	Protocol used to communicate with the printer	TCP, URI	`BSD`	Required to install a network printer
`Fault Notification`	Specifies how to notify user of errors	`Mail to superuser`	`Write to superuser`	Optional
Default Printer	Identifies the default printer	N/A	N/A	Optional
Banner Page Drop-Down Menu: `Always Print Banner` `User Selectable-Default=on` `Never Print Banner`	Print banner? Print banner? User selectable option, turned on by default. To turn banner printing off, use `lp` command with appropriate option. Never print banner?	N/A	Banner is printed Banner is printed unless turned off by using `lp` command with appropriate option Banner is not printed	Banner page printing turned on by default unless another option is specified within the Solaris Print Manager pull-down menu
`User Access List`	List of users allowed to print on the print server	`rimmer,lister`	All users can print	Optional

How to Add a New Network‐Attached Printer by Using Solaris Print Manager

The Use PPD files default attribute in Solaris Print Manage enables you to select the printer make, model, and driver when adding new printer. For more information on this feature, see Administering Printers That Use PPD Files.

This procedure shows you how to add a new network printer by using Solaris Print Manager with the Use PPD files default attribute is selected. To add a new network printer without PPD files, deselect this attribute by removing the checkmark from the check box.

Select the system to be the print server.
Connect the printer to the network. Turn on the power to the printer.
Consult the printer vendor's installation documentation for information about the hardware switches and cabling requirements.
Start Solaris Print Manager on the print server.
For instructions, see How to Start Solaris Print Manager.
In this Solaris release you can specify localhost as the host name in the print system's databases. This modification was added to enable print servers to maintain the same print host name, localhost, independent of the machine host name. This option is the default in Solaris Print Manager. To revert to earlier behavior for this option, deselect the check box. Note that this option applies exclusively to the setup of local print queues. For more information, see Solaris Print Manager Options and Selectable Attributes.
To set up a local print queue specifying localhost as the host name by using the lpadmin command with the -s option, see How to Use LP Print Commands to Add a Print Queue With localhost Specified as the Host Name.
Select New Network Printer from the Printer menu.
The New Network Printer window is displayed.
Fill in the required fields with the appropriate information.
If you need information to complete a field, click the Help button.
For example, to add a new network printer with PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:
```
Printer Name:
Description:
Printer Make:
Printer Model:
Printer Driver:
Fault Notification:
Destination:
Protocol:
Options:
Default Printer
Always Use Banner
User Access List:
```
The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.
To add a new network printer without PPD files, provide the appropriate information in the following fields:
```
Printer Name:
Description:
Printer Type:
File Contents:
Fault Notification:
destination:
Protocol:
Options:
Default Printer
Always Use Banner
User Access List:
```
The Printer Server field is filled in by Solaris Print Manager.
Click OK.
Verify that the printer has been installed. Check for the new printer entry in the Solaris Print Manager main window.
Verify that the printer can print requests.
```
$ lp -d printer-name filename
```
Exit Solaris Print Manager.
Choose Exit from the Print Manager Menu.