h2. How to Set Up a Directly Attached Printer With Solaris LP Print Manager
*In the OpenSolaris release, there are two tools that you can use to set up printers.*
*If you are setting up your own local or network printers in the desktop, use the OpenSolaris Print Manager. This tool includes online help documentation to assist you in configuring your own printers and managing your printing environment.*
*If you are a system administrator who is responsible for setting up print servers and print clients for users at a site, use the Solaris LP Print Manager or the LP print service commands to configure and manage printers at your site.*
*You can use Solaris Print Manager to add, modify, and delete printers. However, for some administration tasks, for example, enabling the print scheduler, moving print requests and disabling printers, you must use the LP print commands.*
*This procedure describes how to set up a new directly attached printer. A _directly attached_ printer is one that is directly attached to a print server by a wire or a cable. A _network attached_ printer is one that is attached to a network. Both types of printers can be accessed by multiple users.*
h5.
# *On the system that is the print server, log in and assume the root role.*
# *Start Solaris Print Manager. Choose System > Administration > Solaris LP Print Manager.*
# *Select the naming service in the Naming Service window.*
# *If you are using a PPD file, leave the Use PPD files option checked. Otherwise, deselect this option.*
{info:title=Note} If you need to add a PPD file to the system that supports your printer, use the ppdmgr utility. For more information, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Add+a+New+PPD+File+With+the+ppdmgr+Utility].
{info}
# *Choose New Attached Printer from the Printer menu.*
# *Provide all the information about the printer in the New Attached Printer dialog, as shown in the following illustration.*
!attachedppd.gif|thumbnail|align=center!
# *To verify the printer was successfully added, check Solaris Print Manager.*
{noformat:nopanel=true}The new printer should be displayed in the list of printers.
# *(Optional) To print a test page, type:*
{code}
# lp -d <printer-name> test
{code}
h5. Related Topics
* For information about setting up a network-attached printer, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Set+Up+a+Network-Attached+Printer+With+Solaris+LP+Print+Manager].
* For information about using OpenSolaris Print Manager, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/Managing+Printing+From+the+Desktop].
* For information about using LP print commands to administer printers, see [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-7761].
*In the OpenSolaris release, there are two tools that you can use to set up printers.*
*If you are setting up your own local or network printers in the desktop, use the OpenSolaris Print Manager. This tool includes online help documentation to assist you in configuring your own printers and managing your printing environment.*
*If you are a system administrator who is responsible for setting up print servers and print clients for users at a site, use the Solaris LP Print Manager or the LP print service commands to configure and manage printers at your site.*
*You can use Solaris Print Manager to add, modify, and delete printers. However, for some administration tasks, for example, enabling the print scheduler, moving print requests and disabling printers, you must use the LP print commands.*
*This procedure describes how to set up a new directly attached printer. A _directly attached_ printer is one that is directly attached to a print server by a wire or a cable. A _network attached_ printer is one that is attached to a network. Both types of printers can be accessed by multiple users.*
h5.
# *On the system that is the print server, log in and assume the root role.*
# *Start Solaris Print Manager. Choose System > Administration > Solaris LP Print Manager.*
# *Select the naming service in the Naming Service window.*
# *If you are using a PPD file, leave the Use PPD files option checked. Otherwise, deselect this option.*
{info:title=Note} If you need to add a PPD file to the system that supports your printer, use the ppdmgr utility. For more information, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Add+a+New+PPD+File+With+the+ppdmgr+Utility].
{info}
# *Choose New Attached Printer from the Printer menu.*
# *Provide all the information about the printer in the New Attached Printer dialog, as shown in the following illustration.*
!attachedppd.gif|thumbnail|align=center!
# *To verify the printer was successfully added, check Solaris Print Manager.*
{noformat:nopanel=true}The new printer should be displayed in the list of printers.
# *(Optional) To print a test page, type:*
{code}
# lp -d <printer-name> test
{code}
h5. Related Topics
* For information about setting up a network-attached printer, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Set+Up+a+Network-Attached+Printer+With+Solaris+LP+Print+Manager].
* For information about using OpenSolaris Print Manager, see [http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/Managing+Printing+From+the+Desktop].
* For information about using LP print commands to administer printers, see [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-7761].