I'm not an expert on printing but I can share with you what I've done with success in the past. If you have the PPD file, you're halfway there.
Install it using this command: # ppdmgr -a filename Then check that the print services are running. I'm not a printing expert, so when experimenting with these things I enable most everything: $ svcs -a|grep -i print disabled 11:43:32 svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default disabled 11:43:33 svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp disabled 11:44:08 svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default online 11:43:57 svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default online 11:44:11 svc:/application/print/server:default online 11:44:21 svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default $ svcs -a |grep -i snmp disabled 11:43:30 svc:/application/management/snmpdx:default disabled 11:43:33 svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp $ svcs -a |grep -i cups disabled 11:43:32 svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default disabled 11:44:08 svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default Some of these services, particularly the ones relating to discovery and snmp, are needed to detect new printers on the network, maybe they don't need to run at all times. I don't use CUPS, basically I don't understand it. Then go to your Main Menu, Preferences, Session and check that the Gnome Printing Monitor is running. Depending on whether you use automatic printer detection or not, I've found in the past (long time ago) that I had to unplug and re-plug the network cable to get the LAN printer to be picked up. Note: Printing from various applications don't all work as smoothly. Some have better / more standard support for the PPD file's capabilities. None of the applications give me all the printer capibilities, and most applications use custom printer dialogs, so unlike Windows, it is a bit of a nightmare. In my humble opinion, MS Windows' printing support is light years ahead of the competition - You install the printer once, and it works in every application, no need to re-detect it ever, no false new printer detected pop-ups, etc. Good luck. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:38 PM, darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to get an Epson Stylus Photo R800 printer installed on Solaris > 10. The printer is a USB printer connected to a wireless Print Server on a > wireless LAN. Two other PCs running VISTA and Linux Arch can print to the > printer so no probs there. > > I'm not sure how to go about installing the printer on Solaris. On Linux I > used CUPS+foomatic+gutenprint+a2ps which provided end-2-end support using > PPD files. > > Gutenprint is a linux package, not available for solaris so far as I can > determine. > > I guess I need a CUPS PPD file ?? > > Dont know where to start. Can find much on google other than a hit to the > open printing site which gives links to linux packages, not solaris. What do > i do? > > I was also considering moving to OpenSolaris ... would this fix the problem > or is there a common issue? > > Any ideas? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > [email protected] > -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Afrikaanse Stap Website: http://www.bloukous.co.za My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com ICQ = 193944626, YahooIM = johan_hartzenberg, GoogleTalk = [EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM = JohanHartzenberg
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