Ghee Teo wrote: > Bill Shannon wrote: >> (I'm running snv_98.) >> > This is a build where there are lots of things being changed in terms > of menu entries. > You have 2 Print manager, one bring up the new Print Manager (as > described here > http://blogs.sun.com/gheet/entry/opensolaris_print_manager) and the > other is > the Java based Solaris Print Manager.
Did the release notes warn me that the printing system is "in transition"? I guess I missed it. >> While working on a printing problem, I decided to use the Print Manager >> to configure the printer. >> >> I was surprised to see the old Solaris Print Manager instead of the >> CUPS print manager that I see on Ubuntu. >> > I suspect this is the Java based Print Manager you are seeing. We don't > have the > CUPS print manager (yet), in fact, ubuntu has changed its print manager > from > gnome-cups-manager to system-config-printer in the latest release, what > release > of ubuntu are you referring to? Hardy Heron. >> I saw the message from Norm earlier today describing the print-service >> command to switch between lp and cups print services. Shouldn't there >> be a GUI to go along with that? > A GUI is only worthwhile if this is something that user wants to > switch frequently. Not true. A GUI is a way of discovering that capabilities *exist*, even if you only use them infrequently. How often do you think I change my mouse settings? I did it once, long ago. But I only knew it was possible because of the GUI. > However, based on my own experience of switching between, there are > quite a lot > of works in setting up a set of printers in one print system and switch > and have to set > them up again. This is because queues between CUPS and LP are different, > they can > not be shared as is. And presumably the print service switcher handles all of this so I don't need to know about it? >> When I use Print Manager to add a new network printer using the BSD >> protocol, I get a printers.conf entry that looks like: >> >> lp2:\ >> :printer-uri-supported=ipp\://nissan2/printers/lp2:\ >> :bsdaddr=nissan2,lp2,Solaris: >> >> where "nissan2" is the machine on which I ran Print Manager, not the >> name of the remote machine that I entered in the dialog. >> >> This just seems completely broken. Is this a known problem? >> > Norm already explained. but if you so happen to use the new OpenSolaris > Print manager, > the Option to use is, > Add > Connection Type -> Remote LPD(BSD, RFC1179) That's what I used to create the above entry, which is wrong.
