Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 19:04:07 -0800 (PST) From: papowell@astart.com To: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: LPRng and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199801100304.TAA05862@astart4.astart.com>
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I am the developer of the LPRng print spooler software - a replacement for the BSD LPR spooler. I would like to contact the BSD distribution group and recommend that they replace their BSD LPR distribution with LPRng, or offer it as an alternative. The latest release, LPRng 3.4.1, appears to be very stable, and can be obtained from: http://www.astart.com (link to LPRng) ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/ There are also a set of filters that support accounting and other issues - see the LPRng/FILTERS for details. In the very near future I will also be providing a simple 'setup' script for printcap generation. Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, papowell@astart.com 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 619-874-6543 FAX 619-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com) <README from the latest distribution> LPRng - An Enhanced Printer Spooler Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler functionality. While providing the same interface and meeting RFC1179 requirements, the implementation is completely new and provides support for the following features: lightweight (no databases needed) lpr, lpc, and lprm programs; dynamic redirection of print queues; automatic job holding; highly verbose diagnostics; multiple printers serving a single 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 other print spoolers and network printers that use the LPR interface and meet RFC1179 requirements. The package comes with filters for PostScript and HP printers, as well as the usual 'dumb' printers. Note that the PostScript and HP filters do page counting and produce accounting information accounting. In addition, there are a wide variety of other filters that can do page formatting, and produce banner pages. For users that require compatibility with the SVR4 lp and lpstat interface, lpr and lpq will simulate this interface, eliminating the need for another print spooler package. In addition, a publically available PCNFSD server is distributed with LPRng, and interfaces with the PC/DOS/Windows based NFS style print spoolers. For users that require secure and/or authenticated printing support, LPRng supports Kerberos V and/or PGP authentication methods. Additional authentication support is extremely simple to add. Finally, Astart Technlogies (http://www.astart.com) offers commercial support for the LPRng software. Web Page and HOWTO in HTML format: http://www.astart.com/LPRng.html and the HOWTO/ directory in the distribution The software may be obtained from ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng (Main site) Mirrors: ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/LPRng (UK) ftp://ftp.iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng (IE) ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/LPRng (US) ftp://gwynne.cs.ualberta.ca/pub/LPRng (Canada) ftp://ftp.math.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/os/unix/utils/plp/LPRng (DE) ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/unix/printer/plp/LPRng (DE) ftp://ftp.zod.wau.nl/pub/mirror/plp/LPRng (AU/NZ) ftp://ftp.lps.ens.fr/pub/software/plp/LPRng (FR) To join the LPRng mailing list, please send mail to lprng-request@iona.ie with the word 'subscribe' in the BODY
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