LPRng-3.8.26

Introduction to LPRng

The LPRng package contains an enhanced, extended and portable implementation of the Berkeley Line PRinter (LPR) print spooler. This is useful for queuing print jobs.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://www.lprng.com/DISTRIB/LPRng/LPRng-3.8.26.tgz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng/LPRng-3.8.26.tgz
Download size: 11 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 54 MB
Estimated build time: 0.35 SBU

LPRng dependencies

Optional

OpenSSL-0.9.7d, tcpwrappers-7.6 and krb4

Installation of LPRng

Install LPRng by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
    --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make &&
make install

Configuring LPRng

Config files

/etc/printcap

Configuration Information

There is no generic printcap for all printers. A sample printcap is loaded into the /etc directory which can be of some help. Information is also available at http://www.lprng.org and http://www.linuxprinting.org.

The init script installed by LPRng is not consistent with other BLFS scripts; therefore, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/lprng init script included in the blfs-bootscripts-5.1 package.

make install-lprng

Description

cancel

cancel sends cancel requests to an LPRng print service.

checkpc

checkpc checks out the printcap database.

lp

lp sends requests to an LPRng print service.

lpc

lpc is the control program for the daemon.

lpd

lpd is the daemon.

lpq

lpq is the status monitoring program.

lpr

lpr is the job spooler program.

lprm

lprm is the job removal program.

lprng_certs

lprng_certs is a program used to manage SSL certificates for the LPRng software.

lprng_index_certs

lprng_index_certs creates a set of index files in the LPRng signing certificate directory.

lpstat

lpstat is the job status program.