3: Setting Up SunSoft Print Client Software With Printer Manager

This chapter provides an overview of the procedures for setting up and managing SunSoft Print Client software by using Printer Manager, a graphical user interface within the Solstice AdminSuite software.

Step-by-step instructions for all Printer Manager tasks are contained in the Solstice AdminSuite Administration Guide.

For high-level information on print administration, see Chapter 6, "Print Administration Reference." For step-by-step instructions on administering printing, see the System Administration Guide, Volume II, in the Solaris 2.5 System Administrator AnswerBook.

For overview information about the print process, see Chapter 1, "SunSoft Print Client Software Overview."

Note - You can set up printing by using LP print service commands instead of Printer Manager. For detailed examples, see the System Administration Guide, Volume II, in the Solaris 2.5 System Administrator AnswerBook.

Setting Up and Managing SunSoft Print Client Software

Table 3-1 gives you an overview of the tasks for using Printer Manager to set up and manage printing services with the SunSoft Print Client software.

Table 3-1 Task Map: Setting Up and Managing SunSoft Print Client Software

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Activity                 Description                                                      For Instructions, Go To   
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                    
Install a Printer on     Install a Printer                                                Chapter 9, "Setting Up SunSoft Print Client Software
a Print Server                                                                             With Printer Manager"      
                         Install a printer on the system to which it is attached. This     in the Solstice AdminSuite Administration Guide 
                         procedure tells the system about the printer so the system                                  
                         can act as a print server. If you use a name service, this                                  
                         task also makes the printer available to all SunSoft print clients.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
Give Print Clients       Add Access to a Printer                                                                    
Access to a Printer                                                                                                  
                         Give SunSoft print clients access to a printer that is                                      
                         installed on a print server.                                                                
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
Modify Existing          Modify Printer Information                                                                 
Information for a                                                                                                    
Printer                  Modify the current configuration information for a printer.                                 
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
Delete Access to a       Delete Access to a Printer                                                                 
Printer                                                                                                              
                         Delete access to a printer from the NIS or NIS+ master file                                 
                         or from each specified print client's                                                       
                         /etc/printers.conf file if you do not have a name                                           
                         service.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                    
                         Delete a Printer From a Print Server                                                       
                                                                                                                     
                         Delete a printer from the print server's                                                    
                         /etc/printers.conf file. This step applies only if you                                      
                         are not using a name service.                                                               

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