Using Printer Manager

When to Use Printer Manager

Printer Manager can be used to:

• Add, display, and remove printer information
• Access remote printers on behalf of print clients over the network
• Access remote print servers over the network

Requirements for Using Printer Manager

The requirements for using Printer Manager are

• A bit-mapped display monitor
• Ability to use the OpenWindows environment
• Access privileges as described in Chapter 1, "Administration Tool Overview"

Alternatives to Using Printer Manager

Printer Manager cannot be used on an ASCII terminal. If needed, all printer tasks can be performed using SunOS commands. Table 8-1 provides more information about choosing to use Printer Manager or SunOS commands.

Table 8-1

Use Printer Manager If You:	Use SunOS Commands If You:
Have a bit-mapped display monitor	Are using an ASCII terminal
Are running OpenWindows	Want output for each command issued

Where to Find Specific Task Information

This table contains references for Printer Manager tasks.

Table 8-2

Task	Location
How to Start Printer Manager	page 38
How to Install a Local Printer	page 39
How to Add Access for a Remote Printer	page 40
How to Modify a Printer Entry	page 41
How to Delete a Printer Entry	page 42

Window, Menu, and Command Descriptions

Printer Manager Main Window

The Printer Manager main window is displayed after you click on the Printer Manager icon on the Administration Tool window.

The main window contains the View, Edit, Goto and Help menus. The main window also displays the printers that have been added to the system, if any.

View Menu Commands

The View menu commands are described in Table 8-3.

Table 8-3

Command	Use This Command To ...
Show NIS+ Printers	This command is not available at this time
Find	Find and highlight a specific printer entry

Edit Menu Commands

The Edit menu commands are described in Table 8-4.

Table 8-4

Command	Use This Command To ...
Add Access to Remote Printer	Add access to a remote printer for the designated system
Add Local Printer	Add a local printer to the system
Modify Printer	Modify printer characteristics, such as availability and control of print requests
Delete Printer	Delete a printer entry

Goto Menu Command

The Goto menu command enables you to display printer information on another host. If you have the appropriate access privileges, you can also use this feature to modify printer information on another host.

Help Menu Commands

Use the Help menu command to access the Help Viewer online handbook that describes Printer Manager functions and requirements. See "Using the Help Viewer" on page 9 for more information.

Printer Manager Edit Menu

Add Access to Remote Printer Window

Use this window to add access to a remote printer. Supply the following information:

• Printer name
• Printer server
• Print server OS
• Whether this printer is the default system printer

Add Local Printer Window

Use this window to add access to a local printer, and to specify information such as printer type, fault notification, and user accessibility.

Each check box, field, and menu in the window is described on the following pages.

Printer Port Menu Select the appropriate printer port from this menu.

Printer Port	Description
/dev/term/a	Device name of port to which printer is attached. This is the default setting.
/dev/term/b	Device name of port to which printer is attached.
Other	Select Other to specify another port.

Printer Type Menu Select the appropriate printer type from this menu, which lists various printers derived from their manufacturers' name or model number. The default printer type is PostScript.

PostScript HP Printer Reverse PostScript Epson 2500 IBM ProPrinter Qume Sprint 5 Daisy Diablo Datagraphix DEC LA100 DEC LN03 DECwriter Texas Instruments 800 Other

For special cases, select Other to specify another printer type. See User Accounts, Printers, and Mail Administration for instructions on adding other printer types.

File Contents Menu Use this menu to select the type of file that can be printed. The default file content type is Any.

PostScript

ASCII

Both PostScript and ASCII

None

Any

Fault Notification Menu Use this menu to choose the action to take in case of a printer error.

Method of Fault Notification	Description
Write to superuser	Superuser is notified in the console window. This is the default setting.
Mail to superuser	Superuser is notified via electronic mail.
None	No action occurs.

Modify Printer Window

The Modify Printer window enables you to change categories of information, depending on whether the printer is local or remote. The most common reasons for using the Modify window are:

• Disabling or enabling printing of print requests
• Enabling or preventing queueing of print requests
• Changing system default printer

Delete Printer Window

Use the Delete Printer command to remove a printer entry. All currently queued print requests to this printer must be removed with the cancel or lpmove commands before the printer entry can be successfully removed.

The following window is displayed asking you to confirm the deletion:

Printer Manager View Menu

Show NIS+ Printers Command

The Show NIS+ Printers command enables you to display printer names defined in the NIS+ printer database.

Find Printer Command

The Find Printer command enables you to search through the printer entries for a particular entry. This command is useful when you are working with a large number of entries.

Files Modified by Printer Manager

Table 8-5 describes the system files that are modified by Printer Manager.

Table 8-5

System File	Description
/etc/lp/default	A file containing the name of the default printer
/etc/lp/printers	A directory containing configuration information about each printer
/etc/lp/Systems	A file containing the remote hosts registered with print service
/etc/lp/filter.table	A printer filter lookup table of downloaded filter information
/etc/lp/interfaces/ printer_name	A file containing the default interface program used to set default printer settings