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Re: lpr versus lprng



On Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 10:00:44AM +0000, Ulisses Alonso wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Mark Yobb wrote:
> > What is the difference?  Please be verbose!
> lprng is 100% compatible with lpr (the same features, commandline,
> programs and basic configuration)
> 
> It's design and implementation is much much better
> It's more documented (very good documentation)
> It has more capabilities, and diagnostic aids
> It's ported to virtually any Un*x system
> It's a very accurate work, just see some source files...
> It's also supported by magicfilter (lpr configuration tool)

Yet some dummies like me just can't get it running. The bounce queues
idea sounds great, but I never got it to work. I use dodgy scripts
and pipes with lpr instead.

Hamish
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