RFC 1179

Describes LPR and LPD

FAQ: What is LPR/LPD?

Question: What is LPR/LPD? Read more »

FAQ: Why is LPR Byte Counting Enabled required?

Question: RPM does not receive print jobs from the Windows Standard TCP/IP Port unless the LPR Byte Counting Enabled option is selected. What is "LPR byte counting" and why must it be selected? Read more »

FAQ: I cannot print a banner page

Question: I'm trying to print to a  Lexmark printer. When I specify yes to print a banner page, the printer still does not print one. Is there a way to print a banner page to a Lexmark printer? Read more »

FAQ: Additional assistance with SCO Unix

Problem: I was not able to disable the option "use extended remote printing protocol" option in the SCO configuration. Now when I print, I receive warning messages in the log stating "unrecognized control line". Read more »

FAQ: Received "illegal format character 'o'" from Unix

Question: Printing from INTELLIscribe to Unix, I get an error message, and the job doesn't print though INTELLIscribe says it does. Read more »

FAQ: What data is passed to RPM?

Question: What information is passed to RPM from the sending side? Read more »

FAQ: RPM creates a new queue automatically

Problem: I already have a queue created in RPM, but when I sent a print job, RPM creates a new queue automatically. Why does this happen and can this behavior be changed? Read more »

FAQ: Warning: Unrecognized control line from AIX

Problem: I'm printing from my AIX system to RPM, I get warnings in the log about "Unrecognized  control line" and RPM is ignoring the number of copies. Read more »

Creating a Windows LPR Printer

The purpose of this document is to assist you in configuring your computer running Windows 2000 or later to print through RPM. It is intended for network and systems administrators. For these instructions, you need to know the IP address or DNS hostname of the computer on which RPM is installed. Read more »

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