Administering Printers That Use Network Printing Protocols (Tasks)

This chapter explains how to administer printers and perform basic printing tasks when using the IPP, RFC-1179, and SMB protocols. For information about setting up printing services, including IPP server and client configuration, see Chapter 3, Setting Up Printing Services (Tasks).

The following is a list of information that is in this chapter:

• Administering Printers by Using the Internet Printing Protocol (Task Map)

• Administering Printers by Using the RFC-1179 Printing Protocol (Task Map)

• Administering Printers by Using the SMB Protocol

For IPP background information, see Appendix A, Using the Internet Printing Protocol.

For overview information about printing services and printers, see Chapter 1, Introduction to Printing in the Solaris Operating System.

For information about how to set up printing services see Chapter 3, Setting Up Printing Services (Tasks).

For information about setting up printers, see Chapter 4, Setting Up Printers (Tasks)

For information about administering printers and printing services by using Solaris Print Manager or LP print commands, see Chapter 5, Administering Printers by Using Solaris Print Manager and LP Print Commands (Tasks).