1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> 6 <title>Printer Communication and Protocols</title> 7 <meta name="GENERATOR" content= 8 "Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"> 9 <link rel="HOME" title=" LPRng Reference Manual" href= 10 "index.htm"> 11 <link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Printcap Information" href= 12 "x4851.htm"> 13 <link rel="NEXT" title="RFC1179 (LPD) Connection" href= 14 "x4867.htm"> 15 </head> 16 17 <body class="CHAPTER" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= 18 "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 19 <div class="NAVHEADER"> 20 <table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border= 21 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 22 <tr> 23 <th colspan="3" align="center">LPRng Reference Manual: 5 24 Sep 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.22)</th> 25 </tr> 26 27 <tr> 28 <td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href= 29 "x4851.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 30 31 <td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom"> 32 </td> 33 34 <td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href= 35 "x4867.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 36 </tr> 37 </table> 38 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 39 </div> 40 41 <div class="CHAPTER"> 42 <h1><a name="PRINTERCOMM"></a>Chapter 11. Printer 43 Communication and Protocols</h1> 44 45 <div class="TOC"> 46 <dl> 47 <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt> 48 49 <dt>11.1. <a href= 50 "printercomm.htm#NETWORKPRINTER">Network 51 Printers</a></dt> 52 53 <dt>11.2. <a href="x4867.htm">RFC1179 (LPD) 54 Connection</a></dt> 55 56 <dt>11.3. <a href="socketapi.htm">Socket API</a></dt> 57 58 <dt>11.4. <a href="appsocket.htm">AppSocket TCP/IP 59 Protocol</a></dt> 60 61 <dt>11.5. <a href="secnetwork.htm">Network Print Server 62 Boxes</a></dt> 63 64 <dt>11.6. <a href="x4976.htm">Network Print Server 65 Configuration Information</a></dt> 66 67 <dt>11.7. <a href="x5157.htm">HP JetDirect 68 Interface</a></dt> 69 70 <dt>11.8. <a href="x5193.htm">Problems With Network Print 71 Servers</a></dt> 72 73 <dt>11.9. <a href="x5224.htm">Printing to a SMB 74 (MicroSoft) Printer</a></dt> 75 76 <dt>11.10. <a href="x5238.htm">Printing to AppleTalk 77 Printers</a></dt> 78 79 <dt>11.11. <a href="x5262.htm">Parallel Port 80 Printers</a></dt> 81 82 <dt>11.12. <a href="secserial.htm">Serial 83 Printers</a></dt> 84 </dl> 85 </div> 86 87 <p>Common communication methods between a printer and a host 88 system are network connections, parallel ports, or serial 89 ports; while Fibre Channel, SCSI, USB, FireWire, InfraRed, 90 and other interesting technologies have been used, they are 91 either very specialized or not directly support by the <b 92 class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> software. In this section we 93 will discuss Network, Parallel Port, and Serial Printers, as 94 well as the different protocols and standards that apply to 95 them.</p> 96 97 <div class="SECT1"> 98 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="NETWORKPRINTER">11.1. Network 99 Printers</a></h1> 100 101 <p>The most flexible and highest throughput printer 102 interface is via a network (TCP/IP) connection. Most high 103 performance printers have a built in network interface, or 104 you can attach them to a <span class="emphasis"><i class= 105 "EMPHASIS">printer server</i></span> box which provides a 106 network interface. The network interface usually supports 107 multiple network printing protocols. The most common are 108 the LPD (RFC1179), Socket API, AppSocket, SMB, and Novell 109 Netware interfaces. <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> 110 directly supports the LPD (RFC1179) and Socket API 111 interfaces, and you can use the <b class= 112 "APPLICATION">smbclient</b> program from the <a href= 113 "smb.htm">Samba Software Package</a> for the SMB 114 interface.</p> 115 </div> 116 </div> 117 118 <div class="NAVFOOTER"> 119 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 120 121 <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border= 122 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 123 <tr> 124 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href= 125 "x4851.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 126 127 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 128 "index.htm" accesskey="H">Home</a></td> 129 130 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href= 131 "x4867.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 132 </tr> 133 134 <tr> 135 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Printcap 136 Information</td> 137 138 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"> </td> 139 140 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">RFC1179 (LPD) 141 Connection</td> 142 </tr> 143 </table> 144 </div> 145 </body> 146</html> 147 148