source: pst/printing/lprng.xml@ 977061b0

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY LPRng-download-http "http://www.lprng.com/DISTRIB/LPRng/LPRng-&LPRng-version;.tgz">
  <!ENTITY LPRng-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng/LPRng-&LPRng-version;.tgz">
  <!ENTITY LPRng-md5sum        "1b3a0abd291b260eab6087ac0e61ed84">
  <!ENTITY LPRng-size          "10.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY LPRng-buildsize     "71.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY LPRng-time          "0.42 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="LPRng" xreflabel="LPRng-&LPRng-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="LPRng.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">LPRng-&LPRng-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">LPRng</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>LPRng-&LPRng-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="LPRng">
    <primary sortas="a-LPRng">LPRng</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to LPRng</title>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&LPRng-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&LPRng-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &LPRng-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &LPRng-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &LPRng-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &LPRng-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">LPRng Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
    <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
    <xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
    and <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/lprng"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of LPRng</title>

    <para>Install <application>LPRng</application> by running
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/lprng \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-shared &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/lprng-&LPRng-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -v -R DOCS/* PrintingCookbook \
    /usr/share/doc/lprng-&LPRng-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring LPRng</title>

    <sect3 id="lprng-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/printcap</filename> and
      <filename>/etc/lpd/*</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="LPRng lprng-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-printcap">/etc/printcap</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="LPRng lprng-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-lpd-star">/etc/lpd/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>There is no generic <filename>printcap</filename> for all printers.
      A sample printcap is loaded into the <filename
      class="directory">/etc</filename> directory which can be of some help.
      Information is also available at <ulink url="http://www.lprng.org"/>,
      <ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org"/> and the documentation
      installed in <filename
      class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/lprng-&LPRng-version;</filename>.</para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3  id="lprng-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>The init script installed by <application>LPRng</application>
      is not consistent with other BLFS scripts; therefore, install the
      <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lprng</filename> init script included in
      the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package (as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>

      <indexterm zone="LPRng lprng-init">
        <primary sortas="f-lprng">lprng</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-lprng</userinput></screen>

      <note>
        <para>You may also want to remove the <command>lpd</command>
        script that was installed in
        <filename class='directory'>/etc/rc.d/init.d</filename>.</para>
      </note>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
        <seg>cancel, checkpc, lp, lpc, lpd, lpq, lpr, lprm, lprng_certs,
        lprng_index_certs, and lpstat</seg>
        <seg>liblpr.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/etc/lpd, /usr/lib/lprng, /usr/share/doc/&LPRng-version;,
        /var/run/lpd, and /var/spool/lpd</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="cancel">
        <term><command>cancel</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symlink to <command>lprm</command> used to send cancel
          requests to an <application>LPRng</application> print service.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng cancel">
            <primary sortas="b-cancel">cancel</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="checkpc">
        <term><command>checkpc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>checks out the printcap database.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng checkpc">
            <primary sortas="b-checkpc">checkpc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lp">
        <term><command>lp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symlink to <command>lpr</command> used to send requests
          to an <application>LPRng</application> print service.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lp">
            <primary sortas="b-lp">lp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lpc">
        <term><command>lpc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a control program for the <command>lpd</command>
          daemon.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lpc">
            <primary sortas="b-lpc">lpc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lpd">
        <term><command>lpd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the print queueing daemon.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lpd">
            <primary sortas="b-lpd">lpd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lpq">
        <term><command>lpq</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a status monitoring program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lpq">
            <primary sortas="b-lpq">lpq</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lpr">
        <term><command>lpr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a print job spooler program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lpr">
            <primary sortas="b-lpr">lpr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lprm">
        <term><command>lprm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a print job removal program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lprm">
            <primary sortas="b-lprm">lprm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lprng_certs">
        <term><command>lprng_certs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a program used to manage SSL certificates for the
          <application>LPRng</application> software.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lprng_certs">
            <primary sortas="b-lprng_certs">lprng_certs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lprng_index_certs">
        <term><command>lprng_index_certs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>creates a set of index files in the
          <application>LPRng</application> signing certificate directory.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lprng_index_certs">
            <primary sortas="b-lprng_index_certs">lprng_index_certs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lpstat">
        <term><command>lpstat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a print job status reporting program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng lpstat">
            <primary sortas="b-lpstat">lpstat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="liblpr">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>liblpr.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the API functions used by the
          <application>LPRng</application> programs.</para>
          <indexterm zone="LPRng liblpr">
            <primary sortas="c-liblpr">liblpr.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>