Can not see installed printers

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Wed Mar 3 00:50:26 PST 2010


Kurt wrote:

> I have CUPS installed on Solaris 10 and have set up printers through the
> web interface eg Http://localhost:631
> 
> I have 2 printers setup here (printer names are officeprt & storeprt), and
> both seem setup correctly and I can print test pages no problem.
> 
> But in applications when I go to print, the only printer that is available
> is LP. I can not see or select officeprt or storeprt, I am not sure where
> this LP printer comes from. If i try to print to this LP printer nothing
> happens.
> 
> I have no idea why these printer do not get displayed.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas what I may have configured incorrectly.
> 
> Thanks

You probably didn't deactivate the SYSV printing system (the native spooler 
of Solaris 10). 

Helge





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