printmgr(1M) System Administration Commands printmgr(1M)NAMEprintmgr - Solaris Print Manager is a graphical user interface for man‐
aging printers in a network
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sadm/admin/bin/printmgr
DESCRIPTION
Solaris Print Manager is a Java-based graphical user interface that
enables you to manage local and remote printer access. This tool can be
used in the following name service environments: LDAP, NIS, NIS+, 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 because Solaris Print Manager centralizes printer infor‐
mation 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 generally 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 the System Administration Guide: Solaris
Printing for instructions on setting the DISPLAY environment variable.
Using Solaris Print Manager to perform printer-related tasks automati‐
cally 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.
Add an Attached Printer After physically attaching the printer to
a system, use Solaris Print Manager to
install a local printer and make it avail‐
able 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 avail‐
able 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 environ‐
ment.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWppm │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOldap(1), lpget(1M), lpset(1M), attributes(5)
System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing for information on LDAP
server replication.
Although users can use the LDAP command line utilities ldapadd(1) and
ldapmodify(1)to update printer entries in the directory, the preferred
method is to use lpset. Otherwise, if the lpadd and lpmodify utilities
are used, the administrator must ensure that the printer-name attribute
value is unique within the ou=printers container on the LDAP server. If
the value is not unique, the result of modifications done using lpset
or the Solaris Print Manager, printmgr may be unpredictable.
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