lpd

• It was too hard to configure

  • Too many options for things I didn't want

  • Lack of options for things I did want

• And it is too complicated and insecure

• Also a performance problem:

  • lpd is responsible for converting input files to the format preferable to the printer

  • So suppose I do lpr blah.ps

  • lpd sees that the file is in the wrong format

  • It converts the file to PCL

    • Meanwhile the printer is standing idle

  • Then it sends the file to the printer

    • Meanwhile lpd is standing idle

  • PostScript files take twice as long to print as they should!

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