System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing
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Preface

1.  Introduction to Printing in the Solaris Operating System

What's New in Printing?

Fundamentals of Printing in the Solaris Operating System

Overview of the Solaris Printing Architecture

Implementation of the Open Standard Print API

Using Printing Protocols in the Solaris Release

Overview of Solaris Print Manager

Overview of the LP Print Service

The Solaris Print Client-Server Process

Where to Find Printing Tasks

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)

11.  Printing in the Solaris Operating System (Reference)

12.  Troubleshooting Printing Problems (Tasks)

A.  Using the Internet Printing Protocol

Glossary

Index
Chapter 1

Introduction to Printing in the Solaris Operating System

This chapter provides an introduction to printing in the Solaris Operating System ( Solaris OS). Conceptual information about Solaris printing services, tools, and protocols is described. Each of the subsequent chapters in this book describe how to use these tools, protocols, and technologies to administer printing services and printers.

Several terms and concepts are introduced in this chapter and are used frequently throughout this book. To fully grasp printing concepts, a basic understanding of these concepts and terms is essential. For a complete listing of all the printing concepts and terms, see Glossary.

This is a list of the information in this chapter.
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