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lpd \- line printer daemon
usually invoked at boot time from the /etc/rc file, acts as
a master server for coordinating and controlling
the spooling queues configured in the printcap file.
is started it makes a single pass through the
database restarting any printers that have jobs.
listens for service requests on multiple sockets,
one in the UNIX domain (named ``/dev/printer'') for
local requests, and one in the Internet domain
(under the ``printer'' service specification)
for requests for printer access from off machine;
see \fIsocket\fP\|(2) and \fIservices\fP\|(5)
for more information on sockets and service
specifications, respectively.
spawns a copy of itself to process the request; the master daemon
continues to listen for new requests.
using a simple transaction oriented protocol.
Authentication of remote clients is done based
on the ``privilege port'' scheme employed by
\fIrshd\fP\|(8C) and \fIrcmd\fP\|(3X).
The following table shows the requests
In each request the first byte indicates the
``meaning'' of the request, followed by the name
of the printer to which it should be applied. Additional
qualifiers may follow, depending on the request.
^Aprinter\en check the queue for jobs and print any found
^Bprinter\en receive and queue a job from another machine
^Cprinter [users ...] [jobs ...]\en return short list of current queue state
^Dprinter [users ...] [jobs ...]\en return long list of current queue state
^Eprinter person [users ...] [jobs ...]\en remove jobs from a queue
The \fIlpr\fP\|(1) command
is used by users to enter a print job in a local queue and to notify
that there are new jobs in the spooling area.
either schedules the job to be printed locally, or if
printing remotely, attempts to forward
the job to the appropriate machine.
If the printer cannot be opened or the destination
machine is unreachable, the job will remain queued until it is
possible to complete the work.
lpq \- show line printer queue
program works recursively backwards displaying the queue of the machine with
the printer and then the queue(s) of the machine(s) that lead to it.
has two forms of output: in the default, short, format it
gives a single line of output per queued job; in the long
format it shows the list of files, and their sizes, that
lprm \- remove jobs from a queue
The \fIlprm\fP\|(1) command deletes jobs from a spooling
queue. If necessary, \fIlprm\fP will first kill off a
running daemon that is servicing the queue and restart
it after the required files are removed. When removing
jobs destined for a remote printer, \fIlprm\fP acts
similarly to \fIlpq\fP except it first checks locally
for jobs to remove and then
tries to remove files in queues off-machine.
lpc \- line printer control program
program is used by the system administrator to control the
operation of the line printer system.
For each line printer configured in /etc/printcap,
disable or enable a printer,
disable or enable a printer's spooling queue,
rearrange the order of jobs in a spooling queue,
find the status of printers, and their associated
spooling queues and printer daemons.
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