Technical information

15 Exit

admintool

and test the installation by printing a file.

You can print PostScript or text files by typing one of the following

commands:

lpr -P <

printer name

> <

filename

lp -d <

printer name

> <

filename

Configuring Sun Solaris CDE

1 Log in as

root

2 Assign an IP address and IP name to the printer, as described in “Step 3: Assigning an

IP Address to the Printer,” earlier in this chapter.

3 The IP address must be entered in any of the following: DNS, NIS, or the

/etc/hosts

file.

The most straightforward configuration is to use /etc/hosts. However,

your network administrator may choose to use DNS or NIS.

4Run

admintool

admintool &

5From the Browse menu, choose Printers.

6From the Edit menu, choose Add and then “Access to Printer.”

7Enter the queue name that you want to use in the Printer name field.

8Enter the printer’s hostname in the Print Server field.

9Click Add.

10 Exit

admintool

11 In a terminal window, type:

lpadmin -p <

printer name

> -I postscript

This command converts all non-PostScript jobs to PostScript before

forwarding the job to the printer. If this command is not entered, text jobs

sent to the printer using the

lp and lpr command will not print.

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