The ifhp print filter is the latest in a long evolutionary path
of print filters for the ifhp printing system.
It is intended to unify several different methods of controlling
printers, and provide a common code base for future development.
This document is the complete set of references and
installation guide for the ifhp printer.
It covers the compilation and installation,
initial testing,
details of system configuration,
and various configuration options that would be needed by the
system administrator.
The reference for Printer Job Language (PJL) related issues was the Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual, Hewlett Packard, 10th Edition, October 1997, and the reference for PCL related issues was the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual, First Edition, 1992. These manuals are available through the Hewlett Packard Developers Program. See http://www.hp.com/go/devexchange for information on how to join.
Previous releases of ifhp had a large selection of
README
files
which are now incorporated into the ifhp-HOWTO document.
Current information
about LPRng, ifhp and the latest release can be found on the LPRng web page:
http://www.astart.com/LPRng.html
There is also a mailing list at lprng@iona.com. To subscribe,
send an email to lprng-request@iona.com. The body should contain
only the word `subscribe'. To get off the list later on, repeat the
same procedure, but use the word `unsubscribe'.
Several presentations of LPRng and print spooling software have been made
at the Large Scale Installation Administrator (LISA) conferences and
are in the ifhp distribution and available on web sites.
<tt>ifhp</tt> - An Enhanced Printer Spooler System
was presented at the LISA95 conference,
and is in the LPRng distribution as LPRng-LISA95.ps.
On a more general topic,
the slides for the LISA97 tutorial on
Printers and Network Print Spooling
are also in the LPRng distribution in the DOC/LISA97 directory.
Material included in this document from the ifhp distribution
Copyright Patrick Powell 1988-1999, where applicable.
The rights to distribute this document complete or in part are hereby granted for non-commercial purposes. Partial reproductions must acknowledge the source.
Permission to distribute this file together with LPRng and `derived works' (as defined in the LPRng license) is explicitly granted. This is allowed independent of the license under which the software is distributed.
Citing the document is allowed as long as the source is acknowledged.
THE MATERIAL IN THIS HOWTO IS PROVIDED WITHOUT FEE AND AS-IS WITH NO WARRANTY REGARDING FITNESS OF USE FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR AND ALL CONTRIBUTORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AStArt Technologies
provides commercial support and enhancements for
LPRng, ifhp, and other network software.
AStArt provides network and system consulting services for UNIX and NT
systems, as well as real time and network software.
Web Page:
http://www.astart.com/lprng.html
The software may be obtained from
ftp://ftp.astart.com/pub/LPRng/FILTERS(Main site)
Mirrors:
ftp://ftp.sage-au.org.au/pub/printing/spooler/lprng (AU)
ftp://ftp.zod.wau.nl/pub/mirror/plp/LPRng (AU/NZ)
ftp://gwynne.cs.ualberta.ca/pub/LPRng (CA)
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/os/unix/utils/LPRng (DE)
ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/unix/printer/plp/LPRng (DE)
ftp://ftp.iona.ie/pub/plp/LPRng (IE)
ftp://ftp.chembio.ntnu.no/pub/mirrors/LPRng (NO)
ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/LPRng (UK)
ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/pub/archives/pkg/LPRng (US)
ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/LPRng (US)
ftp://ftp.iona.com/pub/plp/LPRng (US)
ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/LPRng (US)
To join the LPRng mailing list, please send mail to lprng-request@iona.ie with the word 'subscribe' in the BODY
The LPRng and ifhp distributions have an MD5 checksum calculated,
which is then signed with a PGP public key.
Here is the key for validating the checksums:
Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024/00D95C9D 1997/01/31 Patrick A. Powell <papowell@astart.com>
Patrick A. Powell <papowell@sdsu.edu>
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