Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:19:32 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: LPPng: New BSD LPR SW (forwarded message from Patrick Powell) Message-ID: <199510232219.QAA23085@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- Received: from sneezy.sri.com (sneezy.sri.com [128.18.40.6]) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA22727 for <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net>; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:51:52 -0600 Received: from enterprise.interpath.net by sneezy.sri.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17744; Mon, 23 Oct 95 13:35:16 PDT Received: (from majordom@localhost) by enterprise.interpath.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA04340 for bsdi-users-outgoing; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:50:46 -0400 Message-Id: <199510231850.LAA06159@dickory.sdsu.edu> Precedence: bulk From: Patrick Powell <papowell@sdsu.edu> Sender: owner-bsdi-users@BSDI.COM To: bsdi-users@Interpath.net Subject: LPRng - Enhanced Printer Spooling Software Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 11:50:21 -0700 In response to several requests, here is the (long delayed) LPRng announcement. LPRng - An Enhanced Printer Spooler (Beta Release) Patrick Powell <papowell@sdsu.edu> ABSTRACT The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable version of the Berkeley LPR software. While providing the same general functionality, the imple- mentation is completely new and provides support for the following features: lightweight (no databases needed) lpr, lpc, and lprm programs; dynamic redirec- tion of print queues; automatic job holding; highly verbose diagnostics; multiple printers serving a sin- gle queue; client programs do not need to run SUID root; greatly enhanced security checks; and a greatly improved permission and authorization mechanism. The source software compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX systems, and is compatible with most PC and MAC based print spoolers that use the LPR network interface. The package comes with filters for PostScript and HP printers, as well as the usual 'dumb' printers. Note that the filters supplied for the HP printers do accounting, and were developed to be used in an Educational Environment, where avoiding accounting procedures is quite prevalent. The software may be obtained from ftp://dickory.sdsu.edu/pub/LPRng/ (US) ftp://iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng (Europe) To join the LPRng/PLP mailing list, please send mail to plp-request@iona.ie with the word 'subscribe' in the BODY Patrick Powell ------- end -------
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