Configuring For Lpd Printing; Introduction - HP 300X - JetDirect Print Server Administrator's Manual

Configuring for LPD Printing

Introduction

The HP Jetdirect print server contains an LPD (Line Printer
Daemon) Server module to support LPD printing. This chapter
describes how to configure the HP Jetdirect print server for use with
various systems that support LPD printing. These instructions
include:
● LPD on UNIX Systems
Configuring BSD-based UNIX systems using LPD
■
Configuring print queues using the SAM utility (HP-UX
■
systems)
● LPD on Windows Systems
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
●
Microsoft Windows
● Apple 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.
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