ENWW Configuring for LPD Printing 155
About LPD
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) refers to the protocol and programs
associated with line-printer spooling services that may be installed
on various TCP/IP systems.
Some of the widely used systems in which the HP Jetdirect print
server functionality supports LPD include:
● Berkeley-based (BSD) UNIX systems
● HP-UX
● Solaris
● IBM AIX
● Linux
● Windows NT/2000
● Mac OS
The UNIX configuration examples in this section show the syntax
for BSD-based UNIX systems. The syntax for your system may vary.
See your system documentation for the correct syntax.
Note The LPD functionality can be used with any host
implementation of LPD that complies with the
RFC 1179 document. The process for configuring
printer spoolers, however, may differ. See your
system documentation for information on
configuring these systems.
The LPD programs and protocol include the following:
Table 5.1 LPD Programs and Protocols
Program Name Purpose of Program
lpr Queues jobs for printing
lpq Displays print queues
lprm Removes jobs from print queues
lpc Controls print queues
lpd Scans and prints the files if the specified printer is
connected to the system.
If the specified printer is connected to another
system, this process forwards the files to an lpd
process on the remote system where the files are
to be printed.
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