On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:09:46 +0100, Adrian wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> totally stuck here. Got two Ultra 10's running sol10 for web development
> and serving a small website/mysql database via Apache. As a newbie and
> after reading dozens of how-to's etc got all this working and felt
> proud, coming from a Win background.
>
> What I AM stumped with is getting either of the Ultra boxes to print to
> a Laserjet5 with a jetdirect card. I've searched google, read the Sun
> Big Admin document, spent all afternoon on HP's site and drawn a blank.
> It seems Jetadmin software is the way to go (according to suns bigadmin
> document). It seems Jetadmin solaris support ended with v8 or v9
> (according to which document you believe on HP's site)
>
> Please, please can someone point me to a Step by Step guide to enable my
> Ultras to communicate with the Laserjet.
>
> On windows, a wizard basically asked, a)what printer is it, b)whats its
> IP addy, c) it then worked....... Why is it so complex on Solaris??
>

By the way, I've found it easier to dump the Sys-V printing system
and install ESP PrintPro (the supported version of CUPS).
It can be a bit of a learning curve for a very small environment
but there are clients for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and likely
in OS-X. I think CUPS is on the third-party software CD of
Solaris 10. In any case, once over the learning curve it
becomes much easier to support printing in a heterogenous
environment.
You set up one print server then point your clients to the
server. Add a new printer just to the server through a nice
web server GUI and all the clients immediately see it (except
Windows, where you have to add it manually).

Regards, Scott