Document Information
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 by Using Printing Protocols (Tasks)
7. Customizing Printing Services and Printers (Tasks)
8. Administering Character Sets, Filters, Forms, and Fonts (Tasks)
Administering Character Sets (Task Map)
Administering Character Sets
How to Define a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
How to Unmount and Mount a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
How to Set an Alert to Mount a Print Wheel or Font Cartridge
How to Set Up an Alias for a Selectable Character Set
Administering Print Filters (Task Map)
Creating a New Print Filter
How to Create a New Print Filter
Administering Print Filters
How to Add a Print Filter
How to Delete a Print Filter
How to View Information About a Print Filter
Administering Forms (Task Map)
Creating a New Printer Form
How to Create a New Printer Form Definition
Administering Forms
How to Add a Form
How to Delete a Form
How to Unmount and Mount a Form
How to Set an Alert to Mount a Form
How to View Information About a Form
How to View the Current Status of a Form
How to Limit User Access to a Form
How to Limit Printer Access to a Form
Administering Fonts (Task Map)
Administering Fonts
How to Install Downloaded PostScript Fonts
How to Install Host-Resident PostScript Fonts
9. Administering Printers by Using the PPD File Management Utility (Tasks)
10. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using GNOME Desktop Tools (Tasks)
11. Printing in the Solaris Operating System (Reference)
12. Troubleshooting Printing Problems (Tasks)
A. Using the Internet Printing Protocol
Glossary
Index
Task
Description
For Instructions
Create a new form definition.
Provide a new form definition by specifying information for nine required printer characteristics.
Limit user access to a form.
Control user access to printers and forms that are available on the network.
Add a form.
Add the definition of a form to the list of available forms, so that the LP print service can recognize the form.
Delete a form.
Remove the definition of a form from the list of available forms that are recognized by the LP print service.
Mount a form.
Use the mount command to notify the LP print service to accept print requests for a form with a specific definition.
Set an alert to mount a form.
Set alerts for forms that are mounted to a printer.
View information about a form.
View form names and other form information by listing the contents of the /etc/lp/forms directory.
View the current status of a form.
Use the lpforms command to display the current status of a form.
Limit printer access to a form.
Control what forms printers have access to.