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From: e85rw@efd.lth.se (Ricard Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Is there an RFC for LPD?
Keywords: LPD RFC 1179
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.074306.4401@lth.se>
Date: 13 Dec 90 07:43:06 GMT
References: <2198@cybaswan.UUCP>
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Reply-To: e85rw@efd.lth.se (Ricard Wolf)
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
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In article <2198@cybaswan.UUCP> iiitsh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) writes:
>The 'Subject:' says it all really. I'm looking for some sort of formal
>spec of the TCP-IP lineprinter system. I know there's an RFC to cover
>most of the other TCP-IP services, is this one covered too?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Steve                                             |  WALES: "Land of Song
>iiitsh@pyr.swan.ac.uk                             |   and Rugby^H^H^H^H^H
>..or in Britain, where we drive on the other side:|    Ice Hockey"
>iiitsh@uk.ac.swan.pyr                             |

The protocol used to talk to lpd is described in RFC 1179, 
"Line Printer Daemon Protocol" (also somewhat confusingly called
LPR). It's relatively recent, August 1990, so it may no be
available from everywhere.


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Ricard Wolf

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