Need Help: Printing on network printer

Hi.
I have computer with shared printer. It has Fedora Core 5 operating system and CUPS.
How can I print from my computer that is based on Solaris 10 to this printer (from Mozilla for example).
I can access printer: print test pages and see it's jobs using HTTP:
http://host_ip:631/printers/printer_name
I tryed to add access to printer using Printer Administrator, in Print Server, I wrote: host_ip/printers/printer_name, but in Print Manager - printer displayed as "Out Of Service".
I was unable to input: host_ip:631/printers/printer_name because of error message: "server name invalid".
Also, I tryed to add network printer from Printer Administrator, I wrote in destination few variants:
1. http://host_ip:631/printers/printer_name
2. host_ip
3. host_ip:631
4. host_ip:631/printers/printer_name/
5. host_ip:631/printers/
It works from Windows and Linux.
How can I print from Solaris to that printer?
Thank you.

http://bigadmin.sun.com is a better place to ask this question.
Here's a /etc/printers.conf file that I use for my network printer, hostname adams, queue lp1.
Unfortunately, I didn't write down how I created it.
Either with /usr/bin/smc or GNOME Add/Remove printer.
#       If you hand edit this file, comments and structure may change.
#       The preferred method of modifying this file is through the use of
#       lpset(1M)
lp1:\
        :bsdaddr=adams,lp1,Solaris:\
        :description=Epson Stylus C86 network printer:
_default:\
        :use=lp1:

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