Summary of pkg* commands: pkginfo - test for presents of package. pkgadd -d //Solaris_2.3 - add missing packages pkgrm - remove packages. pkgchk -q - test for existance of package pkgchk [pkg] - check installed packages for integrity. Let's say your Solaris2 workstation is called "sol" and the 4.1.x server is called "bertha" and you want the printer name to be "printer" (imaginative, eh?). sol# lpsystem -t bsd bertha # says bertha is a bsd system sol# lpadmin -p printer -s bertha # creates "printer" on "sol" # to be printed on "bertha" sol# accept printer # allow queuing sol# enable printer # allow printing sol# lpstat -t # check the status sol# lpadmin -d printer # default To get transparent mode, try this: lpadmin -I any -p printer