About LPD
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) refers to the protocol and programs associated with
Some of the widely used systems in which the HP Jetdirect print server functionality supports LPD include:
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●Solaris
●IBM AIX
●Linux
●Windows NT/2000
●Mac OS
The UNIX configuration examples in this section show the syntax for
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. |
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The LPD programs and protocol include the following:
Table 5.1 | LPD Programs and Protocols | |
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lpr |
| Queues jobs for printing |
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lpq |
| Displays print queues |
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lprm |
| Removes jobs from print queues |
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lpc |
| Controls print queues |
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lpd |
| Scans and prints the files if the specified printer is |
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| connected to the system. |
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| If the specified printer is connected to another |
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| system, this process forwards the files to an lpd |
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| process on the remote system where the files are |
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| to be printed. |
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ENWW | Configuring for LPD Printing 155 |