Berkeley Protocol

[Shivam Mittal]

Dears Gurus,

We use normally Berkeley Protocol Access method for remot printing.
But i don't know what exactly this protocol
signifies or means what it is meaning.

Can i know the function of this protocol.
Waiting for Reply.....

[Jerome Forissier]

Hello,

Would this be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol ?

[A. Clay Stephenson]

That is simply the LPR/LPD protocol and in referred to as "Remote" printing in HP-UX speak; if possible because you have much greater control over the printer, you should try to use a "Network" printer (i.e. one that uses the HP JetDirect port 910x protocol) whenever possible.

[Marco A.]

There are a lot of info about it at :

http://www.lantronix.com/pdf/eps_ref.pdf

About ..What is it? how does it work? and installation process, etc.

Hope this helps,

Rgds

[Bill Hassell]

There are two types of remote printing, the Berkeley or BSD method using lpr/lpd (defined by RFC 1179), and the SysV remote printing format which is used by HP-UX. Actually, HP-UX supports both methods both as a server and as a client. Linux uses BSD while Solaris uses SysV for example.

When you setup a remote printer in HP-UX, the only change you make is to check the BSD option when the remote print server is BSD (which includes PCs that are setup for Unix printing). If the remote server is another HP-UX system, then leave the BSD box unchecked. With HP-UX servers (only), the -o options to the lp command will work. Otherwise, they are ignored.