Print Administration Tools in the Solaris Environment

Starting with the Solaris 2.6 release, the Solaris Operating Environment printing software provides an environment for setting up and managing client access to printers on a network. The Solaris printing software contains the following components.

• SunSoft Print Client software, previously available only with the Solstice AdminSuite set of administration tools, enables you to make printers available to print clients by using a nameservice.

• The LP print service commands, a command-line interface used to set up and manage printers, provide additional functionality not available with the other print management tools.

• The Solaris Print Manager, a graphical user interface used to manage printers in a nameservice environment, is available with the Solaris 8 Operating environment.

Table 87 summarizes the features of the printing components, all of which are available in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment.

Table 87. Solaris Printing Component Features

Component	Graphical User Interface	Configure Network Printers	Manage Print Clients and Servers	NIS, NIS+, NIS+ (xfn), or LDAP Support
Solaris Print Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LP commands	No	Yes	Yes	No