Solaris Print Package Redesign

This section describes the redesign of the Solaris print packages starting with the Solaris 2.6 release and the additional features that were added with that release.

Redesign of Print Packages

Starting with the Solaris 2.6 release, print packages are redesigned to provide greater flexibility and modularity of print software installation and to enable installation of a print client that takes up less disk space.

In the print package redesign, the default is to install all of the packages. Print servers require installation of all packages, including both client and server. For print clients, you can choose to install only the print client packages. PostScript filter software is provided in its own print package, ...

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