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- From: rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller)
- Subject: Re: Line Printer Programs
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.091158.28916@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Keywords: lp lpr lpd
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041
- References: <14603@umd5.umd.edu> <4ba1H16fn8@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 09:11:58 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- bairstow@haydn.psu.edu (Steven Bairstow) wrote:
- >In article <14603@umd5.umd.edu> dhs@moeng2.minc.umd.edu (David H. Silber) writes:
- >>
- >>Hi Folks,
- >> I have just gotten my printer fixed. It works when I redirect
- >>text to /dev/lp0. I can not find a printer spooling program (lp, lpr,
- >>whathaveyou). I have looked in some of the obvious places. Is there a
- >>linux port of this software? Or should we be using the generic version?
- >>In either case, could someone point me in the right direction? ...
- >>
- >>
- >
- >lp is available on tsx-11, I've been using it for awhile now. I just
- >checked it is in /pub/linux/patches.
- >
- > Steve
-
- Someone should look into porting MDQS. It's a comprehensive queueing system
- that includes replacements for lpr/lpd, cron (kind of), etc., and even
- supports queueing across machines transparently. I tried to port it
- this afternoon but it turns out to be a non-trivial port, and I haven't
- the knowledge about signals or ioctl to do it.
-
- to quote the documentation:
- 'MDQS was designed with just about everything in mind.'
-
- MDQS would be a good addition to the Linux arsenal. Tektronics uses it
- (or at least used to) for all their workstations. New servers and new
- enqueuers are easy to write.
-
- -Dave
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