SunOS man pages : printmgr (1)
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:
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWppm |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
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