Chapter 21. Printing on HP-UX

   

Chapter Syllabus

21.1 Introduction to the Printing System

21.2 Types of Printers

21.3 Directory Hierarchy of the Printing System

21.4 Adding a Printer

21.5 Managing Print Queues

21.6 Print Job Priorities

21.7 Troubleshooting

In multiuser systems, many printers may be used for a large number of users. When many users are accessing shared printers, it becomes important to carefully manage these printers so that the print requests are serviced properly. Some of these requests may be of excessive length but of less priority, like weekly or monthly reports . On the other hand, some requests may be of immediate need and require high priority. Users may also be divided into a number of groups depending on their printing needs. Different printers may be assigned to these groups. In such an environment, printer management becomes an important task that needs careful planning.

A printer may be connected locally to a system or connected to another system on the network. Some printers have network interface adapters installed inside them that can be directly connected to network cables. Management of these printers is done through a print server that runs HP JetAdmin software. Every printer is attached to one or more print queues. These print queues are managed using the HP-UX printer spooling system.

In this chapter, we will start with an introduction to the printing system and how it can be used for sending, altering, or canceling print requests. Types of printers will be discussed next . You will see how the print spooling system works and how it manages print queues. You will also learn about setting priorities and managing print queues. SAM will be used to add and manage printers. It is an easy and preferable way to configure and manage printers compared with command-line utilities. In the last part of the chapter, you will learn how to troubleshoot a printing system.


   
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HP Certified
HP Certified: HP-UX System Administration
ISBN: 0130183741
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 390
Authors: Rafeeq Rehman

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