Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:20:36 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199812010120.TAA03924@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:34:45 PST." <199811301934.LAA01270@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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David Wolfskill writes: > Although I sympathize with respect to a lot of the hassle with "lp", > dealing with both PS & text has not been a problem for me (without > "special drivers") -- once I found out that the brain-dead > implementation of lpd in the JetDirect cards does have a mildly > redeeming feature: Recall that since that lpd treats the IP address of > the LaserJet as that of the server; it knows about multiple logical > printers reachable at that server, including one called "text". The other is "raw". Meanwhile HP's brain dead lpd will accept any printer name other than "raw" or "text". I think it defaults to raw. > (The reason I refer to that implementation of lpd as "brain-dead" is > that lpd is supposed to queue requests, as any other SPOOLiing system > does. I have seen no evidence that the lpd in question does so, nor > have I seen any evidence that it provides a negative acknowledgement > when an attempt is made to print something while the printer is already > busy. When FreeBSD's lpq blocks, I know my job is still on the brain dead HP. When the job clears the printer, lpq finally replies with something stupid. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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