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11<img SRC="star1.gif" ALT="Logo" HSPACE=10 height=50 width=55 align=LEFT><font size=+3><a href="http://www.astart.com">AStArt
12Technologies<br>
13</a></font><b><font size=+0>Advanced State of the Art<br>
14Computer And Network Technologies</font></b></h2>
15
16<center>
17<h1>
18LPRng Web Page</h1></center>
19
20<center>
21<h2>
22Patrick Powell
23<tt><a href="mailto:papowell@astart.com">&lt;papowell@astart.com></a></tt>
24LPRng Author</h2></center>
25
26<center>
27<h2>
28<font size=+0>
29<date> 11 Feb 2000 (For LPRng-3.6.13)
30</font></h2></center>
31
32<center>
33<h2>
34<a href="LISA98.ppt">LISA98 Printing and Network Print Spoolers</a> Tutorial
35in PowerPoint Format</h2></center>
36
37<center>
38<h2>
39<a href="LPRng-HOWTO.html">LPRng HOWTO FAQ </a>Available In <a href="LPRng-HOWTO.ps">PostScript
40Version</a></h2></center>
41Latest stable distribution
42<a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng-stable.tgz">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng-stable.tgz</a>
43<br>Current distribution <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng-latest.tgz">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng-latest.tgz</a>
44<br>Current Documentation distribution <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng_DOC-latest.tgz">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng_DOC-latest.tgz</a>
45<br>Supported FILTERS distribution <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS</a>
46<br>Microsoft WINDOWS Applications <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/WINDOWS">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/WINDOWS</a>
47<br>TOOLS for use with LPRng <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/TOOLS">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/TOOLS</a>
48<br>LPRng CHANGE log <a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/CHANGES">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/CHANGES</a>
49<center>
50<h2>
51LPRng - An Enhanced Printer Spooler</h2></center>
52The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation
53of the Berkeley LPR print spooler functionality. While providing the same
54interface and meeting RFC1179 requirements, the implementation is completely
55new and provides support for the following features: lightweight (no databases
56needed) lpr, lpc, and lprm programs; dynamic redirection of print queues;
57automatic job holding; highly verbose diagnostics; multiple printers serving
58a single queue; client programs do not need to run SUID root; greatly enhanced
59security checks; and a greatly improved permission and authorization mechanism.
60<p>The source software compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX systems,
61and is compatible with other print spoolers and network printers that use
62the LPR interface and meet RFC1179 requirements.
63<center>
64<h2>
65IFHP Filter and FILTERS Collection</h2></center>
66<p>
67The companion
68IFHP filter package
69(<a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS/ifhp.stable.tgz">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS/ifhp.stable.tgz</a>
70and
71<a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS/ifhp.latest.tgz">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS/ifhp.latest.tgz</a> )
72provides support for
73for PostScript and HP printers, as well as
74the usual 'dumb' printers.
75The PostScript and HP filters do page
76counting and produce accounting information accounting as well as monitoring
77printer conditions.
78The FILTERS collection
79(<a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS</a>)
80has a selection of filter packages that
81support a wide range of printing functionality.
82<center>
83<h2>
84SVR4 LP and LPSTAT Emultation</h2></center>
85<p>LPRng provides emulation packages for the SVR4 lp and lpstat programs,
86eliminating the need for another print spooler package.
87These emulation packages can be modified according to local requirements,
88in order to support vintage printing systems.
89<center>
90<h2>
91Security and Authentication</h2></center>
92<p>
93For users that require secure and/or authenticated printing support,
94LPRng supports Kerberos V, MIT Kerberos IV Print Support,
95and PGP authentication.
96LPRng is being adopted by MIT for use as their Campus Wide printing support
97system.
98Additional authentication support is extremely simple to add.
99<center>
100<h2>
101Licensing, Commercial Support, and Y2k Compliance</h2></center>
102<p>
103LPRng is Open Source Software,
104and the current public distribution is available from the listed FTP and
105Web Sites.
106LPRng is distributed under the GPL or Artistic
107<a href="license.txt">license</a>.
108Licenses and support agreements for users who do not want to use
109the terms of the above licenses
110may be obtained from
111<a href="http://www.astart.com">AStArt Technologies </a>
112which provides commercial
113support and enhancements for the LPRng and other network software.
114AStArt
115provides network and system consulting services for UNIX and NT systems,
116as well as real time and network software.
117<p>
118The LPRng software has no known Year 2000 data dependencies.
119Where necessary,  dates are generated using values relative to
120the UNIX Epoch,  and will be consistent to 2034 at a conservative
121estimate. Details are available in the <a href="y2k.txt"> Y2K Compliance
122</a> file in the source distribution.
123<center><h1>LPRng Toolkit</h1></center>
124<p>
125LPRng support and interfaces are available
126for a wide variety of systems.  The following applications or
127toolkits can be used with LPRng.
128This easy integration of custom tools and Open Source
129applications make LPRng a flexible and sophisticated
130print spooler system.
131The following is a selection of the tools that are
132commonly used with LPRng.
133
134<center><h2>Samba</h2></center><p>
135
136<a href="http://www.samba.org">Samba (www.samba.org)</a>
137is an open source software suite that provides
138seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS (Microsoft Windows)
139clients. Samba is freely available under the GNU General Public
140License.  LPRng printing support is part of the Samba Distribution,
141and LPRng has facilities to provide enhanced printing services to
142Samba users.
143
144<center><h2>LPInfo </h2></center><p>
145
146<a href="http://www.komar.org/komar/alek"> Alek Komarnitsky </a>
147(http://www.komar.org/komar/alek)
148(email: <a href="mailto:alek@komar.org">alek@komar.org</a>)
149has developed LPINFO, a command line/Web-based tool
150for use with LPRng.  This provides a simple to use Web Interface
151to LPRng with the functionality that both users and administrators
152need.
153LPInfo works fine on small sites but it really shines at
154managing large sites with its features that help handle large
155numbers of printers.
156Sites with over 1000 printers are easily managed with this software.
157
158<center><h2>IFHP Filter</h2></center><p>
159
160The IFHP (part of the LPRng distribution)
161print filter was designed to work with LPRng and provide
162support for LPRng to printer communication and job management.
163IFHP supports printers with PostScript, PJL, PCL, and text capability
164from HP, DEC, IBM, Lexmark, Xerox, Sun, Qume, and other manufacturers.
165In addition,
166it can be configured to handle a wide range of legacy or vintage printers
167as well.
168
169<center><h2>GhostScript, a2ps, and Document Conversion</h2></center><p>
170
171The <a href="http://www-inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps">
172a2ps (http://www-inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps) </a>
173utility
174can be used to automatically detect file types and convert
175them to PostScript.
176The IFHP Filter can be configured to use
177<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com"> GhostScript (www.ghostscript.com)</a>
178for printer specific format conversions
179such as PostScript to PCL or raster output.
180LPRng users commonly combine the two packages with LPRng support
181to provide automatic print formatting or specialized print format
182support.
183
184<p>
185PostScript(R) is a Registered Trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
186<br>>
187PCL(R) is a Registered Trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co.
188<center> <h1> WEB, FTP and Associated Sites</h1></center>
189<p>Web Page: <a href="http://www.astart.com/LPRng.html">http://www.astart.com/LPRng.html</a>
190<p>The software may be obtained from
191<a href="ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng">ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng</a>
192(Main
193site)
194<p>Mirrors:
195<br><a href="ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/LPRng">ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/LPRng
196</a>(UK)
197<br><a href="ftp://ftp.iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng">ftp://ftp.iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng
198</a>(IE)
199<br><a href="ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/LPRng">ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/LPRng
200</a>(US)
201<br><a href="ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/LPRng/">ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/LPRng/
202</a>(Canada)
203<br><a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/os/unix/utils/LPRng">ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/os/unix/utils/LPRng</a>
204(DE)
205<br><a href="ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/unix/printer/plp/LPRng">ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/unix/printer/plp/LPRng
206</a>(DE)
207<br><a href="ftp://ftp.zod.wau.nl/pub/mirror/plp/LPRng">ftp://ftp.zod.wau.nl/pub/mirror/plp/LPRng
208</a>(AU/NZ)
209<br><a href="ftp://ftp.lps.ens.fr/pub/software/plp/LPRng">ftp://ftp.lps.ens.fr/pub/software/plp/LPRng
210</a>(FR)
211<p>To join the LPRng mailing list, please send mail to <a href="mailto: lprng-request@lprng.com">lprng-request@lprng.com
212</a>with
213the word 'subscribe' in the BODY
214<p>The LPRng mailing list is archived on
215<br><a href="http://www.findmail.com/list/lprng">http://www.findmail.com/list/lprng</a>
216<br><a href="http://arthur.ucsd.edu/LPRng-Archive/">http://arthur.ucsd.edu/LPRng-Archive/</a>
217<br><a href="http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/netzdienste/email/email-archive/">http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/netzdienste/email/email-archive/</a>
218<p>The
219<a href="LPRng-HOWTO.html">LPRng HOWTO FAQ </a>is now available
220in <a href="LPRng-HOWTO.ps">PostScript</a>
221<p>Patrick Powell
222<br>AStArt Technologies, 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, San Diego, CA
22392123
224<br>(619) 874-6543; FAX (619) 279-8424
225<br>email: papowell@astart.com
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