SUMMARY: lpd and RFC1179

From: Smith, Lawrie <Lawrie.Smith_at_capita.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:55:26 +0000

Thank you all for your reply's. Some suggested using Samba or a product
called NIPRINT.

 

Definitive replyies form William H. Magill and Rob Hamilton below:

Yes, Tru64 UNIX lpd is RFC1179 compliant. See our web site

at http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/printing/bsd.html
<http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/printing/bsd.html> .

Our lpd is routinely used in conjunction with scores of other

RFC1179-compliant devices and systems, including those made

by HP, Lexmark, Xerox, Emulex, AXIS, Sun, SGI, WinNT/2K, etc.

 

Tru64 lpd also supports some non-RFC1179 extensions, such as

specifying input-tray, output-bin, number-up, and sides.

But those options are only sent in the CF ("lpd Control File")

if a user specifies corresponding options on the lpr command

line (-I, -o, -K, -N). Jobs that specify those options are

not strictly RFC1179 compliant. But they are not used or

included in the CF by default.

 

 

Tru64 is compliant; NT is not. :-)

 

 

Kind regards

Lawrie Smith
Tru64 UNIX Systems Manager
Capita Technical Services
West Malling

email: lawrie.smith_at_capita.co.uk
Tel: 01732 877266
Mob: 0774 082 5468

 



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