Technical information

Configuring Sun Solaris OpenWindows
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 &
5Select Printer Manager.
6From the Edit menu, choose Add Printers and then “Add Access to Remote Printer.”
7Enter the queue name that you want to use in the Printer Name field.
8Enter the hostname in the Print Server field.
9Select BSD in the Print Server OS field.
10 Click Add.
11 Choose Modify Printer from the Edit menu.
12 Set File Contents to PostScript.
IMPORTANT Setting File Contents to anything else will result in errors when
you try to print ASCII files. The PostScript setting will print all file types
correctly.
13` Confirm that Accept Print Jobs and Enable Print Queue are set to Yes.
14 Click Apply.
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Setting Up the Printer for UNIX Workstations or TCP/IP Users