Printers

Adding New Printers

SAM - the System Administration Manager - is used to add printers to a system. Select the Printers and Plotters category in SAM and configure the printer using the Distributed Print Service or LP spooler. If you need assistance, refer to the SAM online help.

Whether you have added new printers or have existing printers in your environment, you will also need to make them available to the Technical Print Service.

Assigning Printers to an X Print Server

The X*printers file controls how printers are assigned to an X print server. There are two methods of assignment:

By default, the X print server uses the automatic method. It generates a list of printers using the lpstat command. All printer names retrieved by the lpstat command will be assigned to the X print server.

You can use the automatic method exclusively, or you can also specify printers explicitly. When employing both methods, the two printer lists are merged. If you choose to assign individual printers to an X print server, you will need to edit the X*printers file.

Chapter 4 “Chapter 4: Configuring an X Print Server ” describes the X*printers file. The topic, "To Specify a Printer Explicitly", in Chapter 4, explains how to assign individual printers to an X print server.

X Print Server Defaults

Once you have configured and started an X print server, you can print jobs from any X application integrated with the Technical Print Service.

An X print server has this built-in behavior:

	NOTE: Although you can rely on the X print server default behavior, it may not provide optimal performance. Therefore, it is recommended that you complete the minimal configuration steps described in the next section.

If you have not configured an X print server, refer to Chapter 4 “Chapter 4: Configuring an X Print Server ” for instructions.