The properties dialog box for a printer queue enables you to edit the properties of an existing printer queue. Open this dialog box from the Properties menu item in the Printer menu. This dialog box looks and behaves almost the same as the Add Printer Queue dialog box.
- Launch OpenSolaris Print Manager.
- In the Queue pane of the Print Manager window, select the printer queue whose properties you want to view or change.
- From the Printer menu, choose Properties.
The properties dialog box for the printer queue is displayed.
You can instead right-click the printer, then choose Properties from the pop-up menu. - To change the properties for the printer queue, type or select the new information, then click OK.
Note -
The information that is displayed in the Properties dialog box varies, depending on several factors, such as whether the printer is directly attached or network-attached. For example, if the printer queue is local, the print server field is automatically populated. You cannot edit this field.- Type
Connection type: Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), Remote IPP, Line Printer Daemon (LPD), Remote LPD, Socket or Local Device - Printer Name or IP
Host name or IP address of the remote printer (IPP, LPD, Socket only) - Print Server
Host name or IP address of the print server (Remote IPP, Remote LPD only) - Queue Name
Name of the remote printer queue (IPP, Remote IPP, LPD, Remote LPD only) - Port
Port number through which to communicate with the printer queue, default = 9100 (Socket only) - Device
Path to the local printer device, default = /dev/printers/0 (Local Device only) - Local queue name
Local name for the printer queue - Description
Optional text description of the printer queue - Manufacturer
List of printer manufacturers for which PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are installed - Model
List of printer models that are available for the selected manufacturerNote -
The printer manufacturer and model is discovered. If the exact model is not available, a similar model is provided. - Driver
List of drivers that are available for the selected printer model.
Note that this field is blank until you have typed the minimum amount of information about the printer queue.
- Type
- To print a test page, click the Print Test Page button.
- To add the printer queue, click the OK button.
- To set the printer queue as the default in the application print dialog boxes, select the Set as Default Printer Queue check box.
Note -
Some printer queue properties cannot be changed after a printer queue has been created.
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Comments (2)
Dec 23, 2008
Alysson_Troffer says:
In the first step (not in the introductory paragraph), I'd suggest including the...In the first step (not in the introductory paragraph), I'd suggest including the information on how to access the Queue pane. Also, is the Queue pane the same as the properties dialog box? If they are the same thing, can you use one term? If not, I'm a bit lost.
Dec 29, 2008
jheieck says:
The queue pane is one of three panes that make up the Print Manager window. This...The queue pane is one of three panes that make up the Print Manager window. This window is displayed whenever Print Manager is open. To work in the queue pane, you just need to click the pane or an item in the pane.
This procedure assumes the application is running, and the user is looking at the three panes that make up the Print Manager window: queue, groups, jobs (if there are jobs). I'll add a step that says Launch Print Manager maybe...
The properties dialog is not the same as the queue pane. All of the terms that are used here are consistent with the online
help documentation, which is referenced in this wiki. Both the online help and the desktop printing chapter in the Solaris Printing Guide on d.s.c. explain in detail the Print Manager window, every dialog, panes, preferences, menu options, including all the ways you can access. So, the information was intentionally left out of these procedures. Due to space limitations, there is very little overview information included in the wiki. I'll check all of the procedures to make sure the user knows where they are in the application.