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 by Using 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)

10.  Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using GNOME Desktop Tools (Tasks)

Setting Up Newly Discovered Printers in the GNOME Desktop Environment (Task Map)

Overview of Automatic Printer Discovery and Configuration

GNOME Desktop Support for Directly Attached USB Printer Discovery

GNOME Desktop Support for Network Attached Printer Discovery

Administering the Network Device Discovery Service by Using SMF

How to Initiate the Network Device Discovery Services by Using SMF

How to Initiate a Single Scan of the Network for Newly Discovered Devices

How to Disable the SMF Network Device Discovery Service

Setting Up Newly Discovered Printers in the GNOME Desktop Environment

How to Add a Newly Discovered Printer in the GNOME Desktop Environment

Modifying Printer Preferences in the GNOME Desktop Environment

How to Modify Printer Preferences and Notifications in the GNOME Desktop Environment

How to Modify Printer Preferences for How Documents are Shown

Obtaining Information About Discovered Printers

How to Obtain Information about Discovered Printers by Using the Command Line

How to Obtain Additional Details About Discovered Printers by Using the Command Line

11.  Printing in the Solaris Operating System (Reference)

12.  Troubleshooting Printing Problems (Tasks)

A.  Using the Internet Printing Protocol

Glossary

Index

GNOME Desktop Support for Directly Attached USB Printer Discovery

Desktop support for automatic printing configuration includes printer discovery, print queue configuration, and event notification. The discovery component has the ability to discover directly attached, hotplug-capable, USB printers. The configuration component automates the creation and configuration of print queues for directly attached printers. A notification component informs you of local print hotplug events, such as when a printer is connected to the system or removed from a system. See GNOME Desktop Notifications for Automatic Printer Discovery.

Note - In this Solaris release, network attached printer discovery is also available through a HAL add-on module that you can initiate from the command line or in the GNOME Desktop Environment. For more information, see GNOME Desktop Support for Network Attached Printer Discovery.

When the system detects a newly discovered directly attached USB printer, a new print queue is automatically created for the device. This action launches an Add Printer Queue application. Subsequently, a printer configuration dialog is displayed on the desktop. Note that the Add Printer Queue dialog is displayed for each newly discovered printer. Also, as printers are removed from a system, a similar notification is displayed, informing you that the device is no longer available.

For newly discovered printers, the following information is detected by the system and displayed in the Add Printer Queue dialog:

  • Name

  • Description

  • Manufacturer

  • Model

  • Host

  • Device

Although the process of print queue creation is automated, when the Add Printer Queue dialog is displayed, you need to complete the configuration process. This process includes verifying the preconfigured printer settings and optionally adding any customized printer information. Closing the window saves your changes and completes the print queue configuration process. See How to Add a Newly Discovered Printer in the GNOME Desktop Environment for more information.
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