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
