Appendix 2; Using Lpr/Lpd Printing; Network Printing Using Lpr/Lpd - Neoware e140 - Thin Client User Manual

Network printing using LPR/LPD

Using LPR/LPD

Appendix 2

Printing
This appendix describes how to configure your Neoware thin client
appliance for network printing with Windows and UNIX servers.
LPR (which stands for "Line Printer Remote" although you can use
it with most kinds of printer) is a printing protocol that is part of the
TCP/IP protocol suite. LPR allows you to send a print job to a net-
worked computer (or to an LPR-equipped network printer) for han-
dling with other print jobs (the job gets placed in a "print queue").
For LPR to work, there must be a receiving device that is running
the Line Printer Daemon ("LPD"), the computer utility that is
responsible for accepting LPR jobs.
Neoware thin client appliances include LPD for accepting LPR
print jobs. Windows NT and Windows 2000/2003 servers can print
using LPR, as can UNIX/Linux servers and many mainframes.
That means print jobs can be directed to Neoware appliances from
virtually any server operating system. This allows System Admin-
istrators to create network printers for use by anyone using the net-
work, without depending on having an active user session.
Both the thin client appliance and the server require configuration
in order to use LPR/LPD. This appendix describes typical configu-
ration settings on Neoware appliances, as well as on Windows and
UNIX servers.
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