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The basic principle of Unix:
Do one thing and do it well.
(Brian Kernighan, Rob Pike, etc.)
lpd doesn't
It does a whole bunch of things badly
Idea: the printer daemon's job is to control access to the printer
It is not its job to copy files on the network
It is not its job to convert files from one format to another
It is not its job to generate cover pages
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