lpr, still in use – DragonFly BSD Digest

2013/10/302013/10/31 by Justin Sherrill

lpr, still in use

The venerable (from 1979!) program, lpr, has been superseded by CUPS in many installations. Francois Tigeot suggested removing it, but it’s still directly usable in specific situations and easier to just shift out of the way. It’s staying, but it’s interesting to see how it still gets used.

Update: Predrag Punosevac has descriptions of the various tools involved.

One Reply to “lpr, still in use”

Mishka says:

2013/10/31 at 07:09

I use it to print from NetBSD to network attached Konica Minolta bizhub 223 and HP LaserJet 4350. Actually any PS capable printer should work like a charm. My /etc/printcap entries (difference only in paths and IP addresses):

# Konika Minolta bizhub 223
bh223|km223|bizhub223|Konica Minolta bizhub 223:\
:sh:lp=9100@172.23.1.2:sd=/var/spool/output/bh223:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:if=/usr/libexec/lpr/pjlfilter:
# The same, but for PS over LPD
lp|ps|bh223ps|km223ps|bizhub223ps|Konica Minolta bizhub 223 PostScript:\
:sh:lp=:rm=172.23.1.2:rp=AUTO:mx#81920:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/ps223:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

# HP LaserJet 4350
hp4350|lj4350|HP LaserJet 4350:\
:sh:lp=9100@172.23.1.3:sd=/var/spool/output/hp4350:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:if=/usr/libexec/lpr/pjlfilter:
# The same, but for PS over LPD
hp4350ps|lj4350ps|HP LaserJet 4350 PostScript:\
:sh:lp=:rm=172.23.1.3:rp=AUTO:mx#81920:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/ps4350:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

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