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From: weber_w@apollo.uucp (Walt Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: DOMAIN/OS Questions
Message-ID: <3a7e225a.10b48@apollo.uucp>
Date: 25 Feb 88 11:22:00 GMT
References: <5400014@iuvax>
Reply-To: weber_w@apollo.UUCP (Walt Weber)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <5400014@iuvax> jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu writes:
>
>	9.  Will prsvr be replaced in favor of lpd (for
>	    Berkeley printing) instead of lpd having to
>	    rely on prsvr?
>

You labor under a misconception which is quite common -- that
our lpd implementation REQUIRES prsvr to be running.  This is
understandable, as the documentation makes this point quite
clearly.

The default /etc/printcap provided with domain/ix defines one
printer (lp) which sends output to /com/prf for submission to
the prsvr.  This is to support printing from by both /com/sh
users, as well as /bin/{sh,csh,ksh} users via their familiar
commands, while respecting the restriction that only a single
process can "own" a device for output.

If you do not care about users using /com/prf and /com/prfd to
submit print jobs, then you may dispense with prsvr for printers
connected via serial lines.  You will need to write your own printcap
entry, just as you do for remote printers accessed via tcp/ip from
within lpd.

...walt...
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