New Printing Features in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment

This section describes new printing features in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment.

Solaris Print Manager

The Solaris Print Manager, previously available as part of the Solstice AdminSuite Package, is a Java-based graphical user interface that enables you to manage local and remote printers. You can use the Solaris Print Manager with NIS, NIS+, NIS+ with Federated Naming Service (xfn), and files nameservices. You must be superuser, have rights to administer printing, or be a member of a role that has rights to administer printing to use this tool. See Chapter 23, “Role-Based Access Control,” ...

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