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- PPRD Version 1.00, a LPD and Direct server for DOS
-
- PPRD is a small program that turns an XT or AT running DOS into a
- dedicated LPD printer server. You can send jobs to the printers from
- any machine running LPR. It can handle up to 3 parallel printer
- ports. Serial printers can be handled by running diverting LPTn to
- COMn and running the interrupt I/O driver TSRCOMM, which is in
- LPTCOM.ZIP.
-
- Even a small XT with only a floppy will do. (You can also run it on a
- 3/486 but why would you want to waste a machine like that?) If the
- system is to run unattended you might even omit the keyboard and
- monitor.
-
- For installation instructions see pprd.prn.
-
- List of files:
-
- COPYING GNU Copyleft conditions
- LOG Change log
- README This file
- pprd.man Documentation in nroff format
- pprd.prn Printed version of above
- jd.man Documentation in nroff format
- jd.prn Printed version of above
- lptcom.zip TSRs for interrupt driven serial I/O using XON/XOFF
- makefile For building pprd.exe and jd.exe
- pprd.exe Executable
- pprd.c Source
- pprd.h Source
- tcp.h Source, copy of one in WATTCP source distribution
- wattcp.cfg Configuration file, edit before using PPRD
- wattcpsm.lib Object library used when linking PPRD
- banner.pl Install as ofilter in Berkeley LPD system
- lpr.pl Install as ifilter in Berkeley LPD system
- jd.pl Alternative ifilter for Direct protocol
- jd.exe Send file or standard input using Direct protocol
- jd.c Source
- jdlprd.pl Run on Unix to provide jd to lpr gateway.
-
- Resources:
-
- Here are some FTP sites for auxiliary and related software. The sites
- named here are the normal ones and it's best to ask archie for the
- nearest archive to you.
-
- Packet drivers
- oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/pktdrvr/
- Current version of the packet drivers is 11.
-
- WATTCP library sources
- dorm.rutgers.edu:pub/msdos/wattcp/
- A lpr client for DOS is one of the sample applications.
-
- NCSA telnet
- zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu:PC/Telnet/msdos/
- Includes a lpr/lpq/lprm clients for DOS.
-
- WinLPR
- sunsite.unc.edu:pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/winlpr10.zip
- WinLPR is a lpr client for MS-Windows. Shareware.
-
- comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc FAQ
- ftp.netcom.com:pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/ibmtcp.zip
- Answers a lot of questions about TCP-IP on PCs.
-
- RFC1179
- Line Printer Daemon Protocol
-
- Background:
-
- PPRD was inspired by PRINTNET by Koen De Bosschere. That program is
- small and fast. Unfortunately PRINTNET uses its own protocol and not
- the LPD protocol. I am aware of LPD for DOS, in two versions, by David
- Johnson, formerly at the U of Mississippi. However those servers
- require a local disk to spool the files. This may impose a limit on the
- size of files printed, a drawback in these days of huge jobs. Also the
- later version is built on NOS from KA9Q, which is shareware for
- non-personal use, whereas PPRD is free. PPRD does not do local
- spooling, relying instead on the sending client. For this one loses
- the ability to run filters on the server (see installation notes on how
- filters can be run on the client), and delete jobs. Error recovery is
- easier in the absence of local spooling. And best of all, PPRD is
- simple and small.
-
- Acknowledgements:
-
- PPRD uses the excellent WATTCP package by Erick Engelke of the U of
- Waterloo. I stole the skeleton of PPRD from COMD. Russ Nelson of Crynwr
- Software has put a lot of work into packet drivers for many NICs.
-
- PPRD is copylefted. The software is provided as-is and there is NO
- SUPPORT. I will however endeavour to help if you can describe your
- problem in sufficient detail. Please remember that I have only a
- vanilla system and I cannot test exotic configurations.
-
- If you find PPRD useful, send me a nice note by email telling me how
- you use it. If you really like it, send me a postcard of your country.
-
- Here are my contact addresses. Email is most preferred.
-
- ken@syd.dit.csiro.au
-
- Ken Yap
- CSIRO Division of Information Technology
- Locked Bag 17
- North Ryde 2113
- Australia
- +61 2 3253100
-
- Ken Yap
- July 1995
-