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diff --git a/share/doc/smm/07.lpd/1.t b/share/doc/smm/07.lpd/1.t new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9e76d9ac5134 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/smm/07.lpd/1.t @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.NH 1 +Overview +.PP +The line printer system supports: +.IP \(bu 3 +multiple printers, +.IP \(bu 3 +multiple spooling queues, +.IP \(bu 3 +both local and remote +printers, and +.IP \(bu 3 +printers attached via serial lines that require +line initialization such as the baud rate. +.LP +Raster output devices +such as a Varian or Versatec, and laser printers such as an Imagen, +are also supported by the line printer system. +.PP +The line printer system consists mainly of the +following files and commands: +.DS +.TS +l l. +/etc/printcap printer configuration and capability data base +/usr/lib/lpd line printer daemon, does all the real work +/usr/ucb/lpr program to enter a job in a printer queue +/usr/ucb/lpq spooling queue examination program +/usr/ucb/lprm program to delete jobs from a queue +/etc/lpc program to administer printers and spooling queues +/dev/printer socket on which lpd listens +.TE +.DE +The file /etc/printcap is a master data base describing line +printers directly attached to a machine and, also, printers +accessible across a network. The manual page entry +.IR printcap (5) +provides the authoritative definition of +the format of this data base, as well as +specifying default values for important items +such as the directory in which spooling is performed. +This document introduces some of the +information that may be placed +.IR printcap . |