1<TITLE>To Add Access to an Installed Printer</TITLE> 2<!-- 3 CDDL HEADER START 4 5 The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the 6 Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). 7 You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 9 You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE 10 or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. 11 See the License for the specific language governing permissions 12 and limitations under the License. 13 14 When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each 15 file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. 16 If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the 17 fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying 18 information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] 19 20 CDDL HEADER END 21 22-- Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 23-- 24--> 25<!-- Tag=ToAddAccess --> 26 27<CONTENT> 28 29<p> 30 31Do the following to make an installed printer accessible to print 32client computers. See the printers.conf(4) man page for more 33information about print client commands. 34 35<p> 36 37<b>Note:</b> If you are using a naming service, use this procedure to 38add access to a private printer (one that is not listed in the naming 39service) or to make the printer usable even if the naming service 40server is down. This adds access for all users in the naming service 41domain; see the man page for domainname(1M) for more information about 42domains. 43 44<p> 45 46If a naming service is not being used for printing, use this procedure 47to add access to a remote printer. 48 49<p> 50 511. Choose Add Access to Printer from the Printer menu. 52 53<p> 54 55 The Add Access To Printer dialog is displayed. 56 57<p> 58 592. Enter a printer name, printer server name, and description (optional). 60 61<p> 62 63Note that Oracle Solaris Print Manager does not check for the validity of 64Printer Name or Printer Server. 65 66<p> 67 683. Click Default Printer if you want this printer to be the default 69printer. 70 71<p> 72 73If a naming service is being used, this printer will be designated as 74the default printer for all users in the domain. 75 76<p> 77 78If no naming service is being used, this printer will be designated as 79the default printer for the computer on which you are running Oracle Solaris 80Print Manager. 81 82<p> 83 84Note that this is the last place the print commands will look to 85determine the printer for a specific print command; see the 86man page for printers.conf(4) for more information about resolving 87printer conflicts. 88 89<p> 90 914. Click OK or Apply to add access for the specified printer. 92 93<p> 94 95<b> Note:</b> If you are using the NIS naming service, you have to know the 96root password for the NIS master. If you are using the LDAP naming service, 97you must know a fully distinguished name which has update privilege and 98the corresponding password. Default values may need to be overridden. You 99will be prompted for the password when you click Apply or OK. Enter the 100password and click OK. 101 102<p> 103 The list of printers displayed in the Oracle Solaris Print Manager main window 104 is updated to include the new printer. 105<p> 106 The Add Access dialog will remain displayed if you click Apply, 107allowing you to add access to additional printers. 108 109<p> 110 111<b>OK:</b> Apply changes and dismiss the window. 112<br> 113<b>Apply:</b> Apply the changes and leave the window displayed. 114<br> 115<b>Reset:</b> Reset all fields to last Apply 116<br> 117<b>Cancel:</b> Dismiss the window. 118<br> 119<b>Help:</b> Display help for the current window or dialog. 120 121<p> 122 123</CONTENT> 124 125<KEYWORDS> 126access "add access" description "default printer" "naming service" 127"printer name" "printer server" add installed printer 128</KEYWORDS> 129 130<p> 131 132<SEEALSO> 133AddAccess 134ToModify 135ToDelete 136MainWindow 137HelpOnHelp 138</SEEALSO> 139 140 141 142