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Managing the print service

The Printer Setup Manager interface

Adding, modifying, or copying a local printer

Adding, modifying, or copying a network printer

Setting up a dial-up printer
    If the connection is busy

Deleting local or remote printers

Assigning a default printer
    Assigning a class as default printer
    Setting a default printer for a user

Managing the print service
    Enabling and disabling printers
    Accepting or rejecting print jobs
    Starting and stopping the print service
    About printer device connections
    About serial communication settings

Controlling access to printers
    Setting access for remote systems
    Setting access for local users
    Allowing users to enable and disable a printer

About printer classes
    Grouping printers into a class

Troubleshooting the Printer Setup Manager
    Remote administration problem
    Missing or corrupted database files
    Execution problems
    Printing to Hewlett-Packard Printers

Troubleshooting the print system
    lpsched print scheduler is not running
    Printer does not print
    Cannot redirect output to printer
    Port does not respond
    Printer output is illegible
    Printer output spacing is wrong
    Printer reports BNU (UUCP) errors
    A print request is canceled by the print service
    A print request that will not cancel
    No output and no notification from the lp command
    Printer stops working after printing 2 or 3 pages
    Wrong character set or font
    The printer is idle
    The lpstat -o command hangs
    Networking problems
        Jobs backed up in the client queue
        Jobs backed up in the server queue
        Conflicting messages about the acceptance of jobs