Printer Administration
For years, printing had been the bane of Linux systems. In the Windows world, printer manufacturers just create customized printer drivers for each printer model they produce, making connecting to just about any printer a breeze, but it’s not that easy in the Linux world.
Linux uses two different systems for managing printers:
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Line Printer Daemon (LPD)
Common Unix Print System (CUPS)
The Line Printer Daemon (LPD) print method is the older of the two, as it had its origins in the BSD Unix world. With LPD, each printer is defined in a /etc/printcap configuration file, specifying the connection port, rules for how the printer handles text and special characters, and rules that define ...
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