System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing
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Preface

1.  Introduction to Printing in the Solaris Operating System

2.  Planning for Printing in the Solaris Operating System (Tasks)

3.  Setting Up Printing Services (Tasks)

4.  Setting Up Printers (Tasks)

5.  Administering Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager and LP Print Commands (Tasks)

6.  Administering Printers That Use Network Printing Protocols (Tasks)

7.  Customizing Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)

8.  Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)

9.  Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)

Administering PPD Files by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Task Map)

Overview of the PPD File Management Utility

Using the PPD File Manager (ppdmgr) Utility

10.  Setting Up and Administering Printers From the Desktop (Tasks)

11.  Printing in the Solaris Operating System (Reference)

12.  Troubleshooting Printing Problems (Tasks)

A.  Using the Internet Printing Protocol

Glossary

Index
Chapter 9

Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (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 Solaris print subsystem. The ppdmgr utility enables you to customize printers and automates a variety of administrative printing tasks.

This is a list of information in this chapter:

For reference information, see PPD File Management Utility.
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