Hillel Lubman wrote: > I just noticed, that Solaris Print Manager disappeared from the > Administration menu. I think I remember it was available there. Why was it > removed? It's possible to run it manually, but having it in Administration > menu is useful. > I took it out intentionally because having 2 is confusing plus the fact that if you switch over to use CUPS, that will not work. You can invoke Solaris Print Manager from the command line, $ gksu /usr/sbin/printmgr > It provided more choices for configuration comparing to OpenSolaris Print > Manager, for example when I had to set up HP Color LaserJet 3800, Solaris > Print Manager gave the choice between SUNWfoomatic (S): Postscript and > SUNWhpijs (S): Postscript. (The first worked, while the second didn't work > though). However OpenSolaris Print manager didn't give any choice and details > for HP Color LaserJet 3800, having only "Postscript" in the dropdown list. > You do have a model called HP Color Laserjet 3800 Foomatic/hpijs in OpenSolaris Print manager.
> HP Color LaserJet 3800 has two modifications, one duplex and one monoplex (I > have both attached through network). While I was able to set them up using > SUNWfoomatic (S): Postscript, they only work in monoplex mode, and I didn't > figure out how to print duplex. (For example in Firefox in Print > Page Setup > dialog, Two Sided option is disabled). Is it the driver deficiency (not > recognizing HP Color LaserJet 3800 variations), or something else should be > set up for duplex printing? > PAPI support for PPD is not that extensive and that have limited how much of the printer's settings that is adjustable. You may want to try out CUPS and there is some steps to switch from LP to CUPS here: http://blogs.sun.com/gheet/entry/how_to_turn_on_cups -Ghee P.S. I probably should also include some instruction as to how to create a print queue using the CUPS print manager. :) > Thanks. >
