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Print to RPM from SunOS 2.6

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Question: We have recently upgraded to SunOS 2.6 (or later) from a previous version. RPM Remote Print Manager® (RPM) no longer receives print jobs from the Solaris box. How can we configure the new operating system version to print through RPM?

Answer: There have been significant modifications to the printing system between Solaris 2.5 and 2.6. You may need to remove all old printers and add a new printer to allow RPM to receive print jobs from Solaris 2.6. RPM supports all relevant BSD print protocol options, such as those described in the RFC 1179 specifications.

If you have the graphical desktop CDE, these instructions may be more helpful.

If the above is not helpful, or you want a simpler way to create printers in Solaris, the following command can be used to create a printer that will print to remote print servers such as RPM.

  1. lpadmin -p name -s host!remote-queue
  2. enable name
  3. accept name

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