Thanks!  I'll try this out. 

-Wyllys


Norm Jacobs wrote:
> Though CUPS and LP can and do use several common pieces of software on 
> Solaris for printer support and SMB support, they aren't integrated 
> with each other.  CUPS can be used in place of LP and vice versa.  If 
> you want to switch between CUPS and LP you can use the 
> print-serivce(1m) command:
>
>    # uname -a
>    SunOS snappy 5.11 snv_90 i86pc i386 i86pc
>    # print-service -q
>    active print service: cups
>    # svcs '*cups*' '*print*'
>    STATE          STIME    FMRI
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/application/print/server:default
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
>    disabled       Jun_09   
> svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default
>    online         Jun_09   svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
>    online         Jun_09   svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
>    online         Jun_09   svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default
>    # print-service -s lp
>    disabling CUPS services...
>    enabling LP services...
>    # svcs '*cups*' '*print*'
>    STATE          STIME    FMRI
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp
>    disabled       10:42:02 svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
>    disabled       10:42:02 svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
>    online         Jun_09   svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default
>    online         10:42:03 svc:/application/print/server:default
>    online         10:42:03 svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default
>    online         10:42:14 svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
>    online         10:42:30 
> svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default
>    # print-service -s cups    disabling LP services...
>    enabling CUPS services...
>    # svcs '*cups*' '*print*'
>    STATE          STIME    FMRI
>    disabled       Jun_09   svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp
>    disabled       10:42:52 
> svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default
>    disabled       10:42:52 svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default
>    disabled       10:42:52 svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
>    disabled       10:42:53 svc:/application/print/server:default
>    online         Jun_09   svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default
>    online         10:42:54 svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
>    online         10:42:54 svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
>    # print-service -q
>    active print service: cups
>    #
>
> If you  want to use a Windows hosted printer from CUPS you can use 
> "lpadmin -p queue -v smb://windows-host/queue ..." to create the queue 
> or use the CUPS web interface http://localhost:631/admin/ (all 
> applications -> system tools -> manage printing from the gnome 
> menus).  Both LP and CUPS use smbspool(1m) from samba to communicate 
> with the Windows SMB print server.  With respect to printing and the 
> new Solaris CIFS support (client and server), integrated printing 
> support is on the list of things that are yet to be done.
>
>    -Norm
>
> Wyllys Ingersoll wrote:
>> Can someone post some updated instructions on how to configure and 
>> use CUPS on a *recent* Nevada system?   I am trying to print to a 
>> shared printer hosted on Windows XP using SMB.  If using 'printmgr', 
>> I can configure the URI method and specify smb://HOST/PRINTER, but 
>> that also requires me to set up /etc/sfw/smb.conf, so apparently it 
>> is not using any of the new Solaris CIFS client services.  I thought 
>> CUPS was integrated better into the printing services - I am running 
>> build 91 - but I don't see any SMF entries or man pages describing 
>> how to use it, or at least none that are complete and correct


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