Maintenance Commands                                 printmgr(1M)

NAME
     printmgr - Solaris Print Manager is a graphical user  inter-
     face for managing printers in a network

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sadm/admin/bin/printmgr

DESCRIPTION
     Solaris Print Manager is a Java-based graphical user  inter-
     face  that  enables  you  to manage local and remote printer
     access. This tool can be used in the following name  service
     environments:  NIS, NIS+, NIS+ with Federated Naming Service
     (FNS), and files. You must be logged in as superuser to  use
     this tool.

     Using Solaris Printer Manager is the  preferred  method  for
     managing  printer  access  instead  of  Admintool:  Printers
     because Solaris Print Manager centralizes  printer  informa-
     tion when it is used in a name service environment.

     Adding printer information to a name service makes access to
     printers  available  to  all systems on the network and gen-
     erally makes printer administration easier because  all  the
     information about printers is centralized.

     Solaris Print Manager may be run on a remote system with the
     display sent to the local system. See Managing Printing Ser-
     vicesin the System Administration Guide:  Basic  Administra-
     tion,  for  instructions  on setting the DISPLAY environment
     variable.

     Using Solaris Print Manager to perform printer-related tasks
     automatically  updates  the  appropriate  printer databases.
     Solaris Print Manager also includes a  command-line  console
     that  displays  the lp command line for the add, modify, and
     delete printer operations.   Errors and warnings may also be
     displayed when Printer Manager operations are performed.

     Help is available by clicking the <Help> button.

USAGE
     Solaris Print Manager enables you to do the following tasks:

     Select a Name Service
           Select a  name  service  for  retrieving  or  changing
           printer information.

     Add Access to a Printer
           Add printer access on a printer client  using  Solaris
           Print Manager.

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Maintenance Commands                                 printmgr(1M)

     Add an Attached Printer
           After physically attaching the printer  to  a  system,
           use  Solaris  Print Manager to install a local printer
           and make it available for printing.

     Add a Network Printer
           After physically attaching the printer  to  a  system,
           use  Solaris  Print Manager to install a local printer
           and make it available for printing.

     Modify Printer Properties
           After adding access to a printer or adding an attached
           or  network  printer,   you can modify certain printer
           attributes.

     Delete a Printer
           Delete access to a printer from the  print  client  or
           delete  a  printer  from  the print server or from the
           name service environment.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWppm                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     attributes(5)

     System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

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