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RFC 1179 describes the lpd/lpr protocol. To revrieve a copy, send mail to
service@nic.ddn.mil
with subject
rfc 1179
Regards,
Bill Newkirk
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RFC 1179 describes the lpd/lpr protocol. To revrieve a copy, send mail to
service@nic.ddn.mil
with subject
rfc 1179
Regards,
Bill Newkirk
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RFC 1179 DOES NOT describe the LPR/LPD protocol!!! It describes portions
of it, adds some enhancements, and adds some restrictions that do not
exist in the BSD derived implementations. It also unfortunately is not
a complete protocol specification, but rather documents certain parts of
the protocol (and not always accurately). The net result is that if you
were to take RFC 1179 and try to implement code against it, you would
almost certainly end up with something that will not interoperate with
ANY existing implementation. The IETF Network Printing working group
(of which I'm a member), is aware of this (in fact, at the last IETF
meeting, we spent quite a bit of time on this), and we plan to try to
create a better RFC that is a real protocol description.
Bruce
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RFC 1179 DOES NOT describe the LPR/LPD protocol!!! It describes portions
of it, adds some enhancements, and adds some restrictions that do not
exist in the BSD derived implementations. It also unfortunately is not
a complete protocol specification, but rather documents certain parts of
the protocol (and not always accurately). The net result is that if you
were to take RFC 1179 and try to implement code against it, you would
almost certainly end up with something that will not interoperate with
ANY existing implementation. The IETF Network Printing working group
(of which I'm a member), is aware of this (in fact, at the last IETF
meeting, we spent quite a bit of time on this), and we plan to try to
create a better RFC that is a real protocol description.
Bruce