Hi all,
I'm tryin' to add a network printer with lpadmin (I don't have access to admintool) to a Solarisbox but I don't exactly know where to use the IP address.
The thing is that this printer exists already with another printQ but I don't see any printerserver declared with lpsystem -l although the existing one seems to be controlled that way since lpstat -t shows me a system name.

So ...
Any hints?

Tnx in advance!

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Peter

Take a look at Solaris printer installation - it should help.

Hi,

Nulnul7,

actually u need to confirm if the printer is confogured on an ip address directly or via an printserver.

If it is a direct printer assigned to an ip address first try to ping that ip address, if ur able to ping that ip address then add it to system by
lpsystem –t bsd Psname (Psname : Print server name or the name
mapped to the ip address in /etc/hosts)
After that ckeck its status by

lpsystem -l
then shut the print scheduler bu lpshut or /usr/lib/lpshut
Then add the printer to the system by

lpadmin –p Printer name -s Psname !Port No ( if using print server )

OR

lpadmin -p printer name -s ipaddress
then enable the print scheduler /usr/lib/lpsched
then enable and accept the printer by

enable printername
accept printername

This should solve your problem.

Thanks,
Tausif Siddiqui

Hi again and thanks for your help.

Ok, maybe I should have done some more searching before posting but unfortunately, we're always in lack of time.

Well, I don't know really why (the printer seems to be considered as remote) but it works fine now, Tausif. The day I will retire, I'll have a look on the logic behind this all ...

Thank you all!

Peter

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Peter