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01-07-2006

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Network printer

Quote:

Originally Posted by nulnul7

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.
Smilie

So ...
Any hints?

Tnx in advance!

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

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lpsystem

lpsystem(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      lpsystem(1M)

NAME

       lpsystem - register remote systems with the print service

DESCRIPTION

       The  lpsystem command is obsolete, and could be removed at any time. The print system no longer uses the information generated by lpsystem.
       See lpadmin(1M), lpusers(1M) or	printers.conf(4) for equivalent functionality.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpcu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Stability Level 	     |Obsolete* 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       * This command could be removed at any time.

SEE ALSO

       lpadmin(1M), lpusers(1M), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    19 Feb 1999 						      lpsystem(1M)