By default, when you connect a new local USB printer to your system, the printer is auto-discovered, and the Add Printer Queue dialog box opens automatically. This dialog box contains configuration information about the printer. If you choose, you can provide additional configuration information for the printer in this dialog box.
The Add Printer Queue dialog box enables you to check or change the configuration information for a newly discovered local or network printer. You can also use this dialog box to manually add a printer that, for any reason, was not automatically discovered.
Open the Add Printer Queue dialog box from the Printer menu or by clicking the Add icon on the toolbar. The Add Printer Queue dialog box looks and behaves almost the same as the Printer Queue Properties dialog box, with a few minor differences.
 | Note - In the Print Manager Preferences dialog box, you can turn off notifications and the automatic appearance of the configuration dialog box when you connect a new local USB printer. By default, these settings are turned on for locally attached printer detection and configuration. |
When a new network printer is auto-discovered, a printer queue is automatically created for the new printer. At the same time, a notification message appears on the desktop in the panel notification area. Clicking the message starts Print Manager. From here, you can customize the configuration information for the new network printer queue.
To enable the automatic detection of network printers, first select the Auto-detect network printers option in the Network tab of the Print Manager Preferences dialog box.
The following pages include procedures using OpenSolaris Print Manager:
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Comments (2)
Dec 23, 2008
Alysson_Troffer says:
Regarding the first paragraph: Is the printer auto-discovered only if notificati...Regarding the first paragraph: Is the printer auto-discovered only if notifications are turned on?
Jan 09, 2009
jheieck says:
Yes, but for local USB printer discovery, the notifications are on by default. F...Yes, but for local USB printer discovery, the notifications are on by default. For network discovery, you need to enable the HAL add-on module. And, in OpenSolaris.2008.11, there are other conditions that must be met. I've updated the page to reflect this information.