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From: craig@uunet!bandw
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: lpr/lpd problems re. non-NeXT-connected remote printers in 2.0
Keywords: lpr, lpd, print spooling, 2.0
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.131050.347@uunet!bandw>
Date: 7 Dec 90 13:10:50 GMT
References: <8856@adobe.UUCP>
Organization: B&W Software Moretown, VT
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In article <8856@adobe.UUCP> shore@adobe.COM (Andrew Shore) writes:
>It seems that NeXT is putting a new "command" in the lpd control information
>(the "cf" spool file) that most other BSD-based (and hence lpd-speaking)
>Unix hosts cannot cope with.  The end result is that jobs spooled from 2.0
>to remote printers on non-NeXT machines will NOT print.  The remote lpd will
>barf.  Mail *may* get sent to "daemon" about the difficulty.

What is the command and what is it supposed to do?