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>Management Strategies for Large Installations</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="UP" title="Printcap Database " href= 12 "printcapref.htm"> 13 <link rel="PREVIOUS" title= 14 "Single Printcap File for Large Installation " href= 15 "secoh.htm"> 16 <link rel="NEXT" title= 17 "Using Programs To Get Printcap Information " href= 18 "secnis.htm"> 19 </head> 20 21 <body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= 22 "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 23 <div class="NAVHEADER"> 24 <table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border= 25 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 26 <tr> 27 <th colspan="3" align="center">LPRng Reference Manual: 5 28 Sep 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.22)</th> 29 </tr> 30 31 <tr> 32 <td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href= 33 "secoh.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 34 35 <td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 36 12. Printcap Database</td> 37 38 <td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href= 39 "secnis.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 40 </tr> 41 </table> 42 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 43 </div> 44 45 <div class="SECT1"> 46 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN6118">12.17. Management 47 Strategies for Large Installations</a></h1> 48 49 <p>One very effective way to organize print spooling is to 50 have a small number of print servers running a <b class= 51 "APPLICATION">lpd</b> daemon, and to have all the other 52 systems send their jobs directly to them. By using the above 53 methods of specifying the printer and server host you 54 eliminate the need for more complex management 55 strategies.</p> 56 57 <p>However, you still need to inform users of the names and 58 existence of these printers, and how to contact them. One 59 method is to use a common <tt class="FILENAME">printcap</tt> 60 file which is periodically updated and transfered to all 61 sites. Another method is to distribute the information using 62 the NIS or some other database. <b class= 63 "APPLICATION">LPRng</b> has provided a very flexible method 64 of obtaining and distributing database information: see <a 65 href="secnis.htm">Using Programs To Get Printcap 66 Information</a> for details.</p> 67 </div> 68 69 <div class="NAVFOOTER"> 70 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 71 72 <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border= 73 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 74 <tr> 75 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href= 76 "secoh.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 77 78 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 79 "index.htm" accesskey="H">Home</a></td> 80 81 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href= 82 "secnis.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 83 </tr> 84 85 <tr> 86 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Single Printcap 87 File for Large Installation</td> 88 89 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 90 "printcapref.htm" accesskey="U">Up</a></td> 91 92 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Using Programs 93 To Get Printcap Information</td> 94 </tr> 95 </table> 96 </div> 97 </body> 98</html> 99 100