Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.tcp-ip:9453 comp.protocols.misc:697 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!maxim!prc From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.misc Subject: Re: lpd Protocol Specs Keywords: lpd protocol printer Message-ID: <1037@maxim.erbe.se> Date: 6 Dec 89 10:05:31 GMT References: <387@sdgsun.COM> Followup-To: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Jarfalla, Sweden Lines: 15 In article <387@sdgsun.COM>, paul@sdgsun.COM (Paul Emerson) writes: > Does anyone know/have the protocol specs for the BSD lpd protocol? I haven't > seen an RFC on this does it exist? I would like to write an lpd for use > on a SYSV machine. I currently have a TCP/IP based remote printing > application but I would like to use the BSD protocol. There was a lpr/lpd clone posted to comp.sources.unix some time ago. I believe that it was intended for BSD systems (for what reason?). You might want to use that and modify it to run under System V. And, when done, don't forget to post the changes :-) -- Robert Claeson E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se ERBE DATA AB