I installed (full install) Solaris 10 1/06 on an Ultra 10. I used the
print manager to set up a printer; an HP Laser Jet 4000 with a JetDirect
card. I made it the default printer.

I said "lp /etc/hosts" to print a "test page".

Nothing happened. No error message and nothing came out of the printer.

sunburn_$ lpq
LJ4000 is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
active root 1 /etc/hosts 118 bytes
1st root 2 /etc/inet/hosts 118 bytes
sunburn_$

The printer is "ready and printing", so what's the problem.

It's great that you can pick your printer by manufacturer and model from
a list and set it up with a few mouse clicks but it's worth nothing if
the printer won't print.

The printer works fine; I print to it from my Solaris 8 and 9 systems
and my Windoze system. S8 and S9 systems use the HP JetDirect support
from the JetDirect CD. The problem is somewhere in Solaris 10.