Dennis wrote: > got it! The problem was, that Opensolaris doesn't ship with the correct > driver (Why???)
The OS will never be able to keep up with the latest new printers, so for those we have to hope someone will have produced a ppd that will work on solaris - so admins can download it. > Here is what I have done: > wget > http://openprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/HP/HP_Color_LaserJet_2605.ppd > gzip HP_Color_LaserJet_2605.ppd > chmod 444 HP_Color_LaserJet_2605.ppd.gz > su > cp HP_Color_LaserJet_2605.ppd.gz /usr/share/ppd/SUNWfoomatic/HP/ > svcadm restart svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default you probably should have used 'ppdmgr' to add the ppd file. > Then start print manager and configure... > > Only one question is left: Although I have chosen the printer as the standard > printer I always have to access it with the printer name, lpq -PHP for > example. > > Does anyone know how to make this the default printer, so it prints with "lpr > output.ps" ? # lpadmin -d <printername>
