Solaris™ 9 System Administrator Exam Cram™ 2 (Exams 310-014 and 310-015)

Summary

The LP Print Service is software that allows users to print files. It provides the capability to add, modify, and delete printer definitions; provides print scheduling; and supports both local and remote printers.

Two graphical tools are available for managing printers: admintool and Solaris Print Manager.

Also the following commands are used to manage printers:

• lpsched starts the LP scheduler

• lpshut stops the LP scheduler

• lpadmin defines and configures printers

• accept and reject manage printer queues

• enable and disable manage the printer

• lp submits print requests

• lpstat checks print request status

• cancel cancels print requests

• lpmove moves a print request to another printer

A default can be defined for the system, for the user submitting requests, ...