14. Solaris Print Administration

The printing software in the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) provides a variety of tools, services, and protocols that you can use to set up and manage print servers and print clients, both locally and on a network. This chapter explores planning for printing in your environment, setting up printers with the Solaris Print Manager graphical user interface (GUI), and using the LP print commands to perform routine print administration tasks.

14.1 Overview of the Solaris Printing Architecture

The Solaris print subsystem consists of print commands, a print spooler, any over-the-wire protocols, and the underlying technologies that move a print request from the client to the server, or to the printer.

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