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>Preface</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=" LPRng Reference Manual" href= 12 "index.htm"> 13 <link rel="NEXT" title="Acknowledgements" href="x53.htm"> 14 </head> 15 16 <body class="PREFACE" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= 17 "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 18 <div class="NAVHEADER"> 19 <table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border= 20 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 21 <tr> 22 <th colspan="3" align="center">LPRng Reference Manual: 5 23 Sep 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.22)</th> 24 </tr> 25 26 <tr> 27 <td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href= 28 "index.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 29 30 <td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom"> 31 </td> 32 33 <td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href= 34 "x53.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 35 </tr> 36 </table> 37 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 38 </div> 39 40 <div class="PREFACE"> 41 <h1><a name="AEN38"></a>Preface</h1> 42 43 <div class="TOC"> 44 <dl> 45 <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt> 46 47 <dt>1. <a href="f38.htm#AEN40">Introduction</a></dt> 48 49 <dt>2. <a href="x53.htm">Acknowledgements</a></dt> 50 51 <dt>3. <a href="x58.htm">Shell Prompts</a></dt> 52 53 <dt>4. <a href="x77.htm">Typographic Conventions</a></dt> 54 55 <dt>5. <a href="x126.htm">Notes, warnings, and 56 examples</a></dt> 57 </dl> 58 </div> 59 60 <div class="SECT1"> 61 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN40">1. Introduction</a></h1> 62 63 <p>The <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> Print Spooler 64 provides the essential printing services for UNIX and 65 UNIX-like operating systems. It can be configured to work 66 in small, large, or enterprise level environments. The <b 67 class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b> Print Filter is used with <b 68 class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> to convert print jobs into a 69 format compatible with a particular printer and the while 70 it may briefly describe the <b class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b> 71 operation, Finally, the <b class= 72 "APPLICATION">LPRngTool</b> Graphical User Interface 73 provides an easy to use configuration and monitoring tool 74 for the <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> print spooler.</p> 75 76 <p>This document is the basic reference for the <b class= 77 "APPLICATION">LPRng</b> print spooler software; the <b 78 class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b> documentation and <b class= 79 "APPLICATION">LPRngTool</b> should be consulted for details 80 about their operation.</p> 81 </div> 82 </div> 83 84 <div class="NAVFOOTER"> 85 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 86 87 <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border= 88 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 89 <tr> 90 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href= 91 "index.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 92 93 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 94 "index.htm" accesskey="H">Home</a></td> 95 96 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href= 97 "x53.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 98 </tr> 99 100 <tr> 101 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">LPRng Reference 102 Manual</td> 103 104 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"> </td> 105 106 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"> 107 Acknowledgements</td> 108 </tr> 109 </table> 110 </div> 111 </body> 112</html> 113 114