LPRng rises from the dead

djraymondnm · 2014-02-02 17:39:48

LPRng is a printer server modeled after the original BSD lpr system. It was long given
up for dead, but it turns out that it is being maintained (at a low level) on SourceForge.
I downloaded the source, and it compiled and installed without error on Arch. LPRng
provides an alternative to CUPS, which I have found to be a bit unstable and opaque.
LPRng takes some work to set up, but in my experience, once it works, it keeps on
working.

There is a non-functional version of LPRng on the AUR. I have modified the AUR package
to use the SourceForge version, but I am not sure whether there is any interest in it in
the Arch community. I could upload it to the AUR if people are interested.

So, is there any interest out there in LPRng?

Lone_Wolf · 2014-02-03 11:01:15

at a glimpse, LPRng looks good, but cups has a very large base of supported printers.

Can LPRng use .ppd-files ?

Does it make use of driverpackages like foomatic, hplip & gutenprint ?

There are many printer driver packages in aur, would they work with LPRng also ?

djraymondnm · 2014-02-03 20:34:31

Lprng can use foomatic, which uses ppd files. The online documentation covers this. I haven't tried
hplip or gutenprint, but the filter mechanism is very flexible in lprng, so it should be possible. I'm
not sure about other printer driver packages in the AUR -- do you have any particular ones in mind?

I have modified the existing (non-functional) AUR package for lprng, and will upload it soon. One
issue with foomatic is that cups has eaten the foomatic-rip package, so a separate package for
for a stand-alone version of foomatic-rip should probably be added to the AUR as well. I also plan
to put some documentation on lprng on the wiki, as there is no reason for others to re-invent the
wheel.

Lone_Wolf · 2014-02-04 13:28:28

it would be nice to know if lprng will work with drivers build from sources provided by manufacturers like epson, canon and such, but there are 2 drivers i'm personally interested in :

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epso … n10-nx127/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/foo2zjs/

djraymondnm · 2014-02-04 17:33:08

The foo2zjs should work with foomatic-rip used as a print filter in lprng if
it works with cups. One problem is that foomatic-rip is no longer an Arch
package, as it has been incorporated into cups. However, it is easy to
download and compile and could be made into a standalone package
in the AUR if necessary. This is on my list of things to do, but will probably
take a while.

I don't know anything about the Epson drivers.

djraymondnm · 2014-02-22 14:41:15

A functioning version of lprng now exists in the AUR, including a README on how to get started and a link to the reference manual.

slot · 2014-03-11 12:27:26

djraymondnm wrote:

One problem is that foomatic-rip is no longer an Arch
package, as it has been incorporated into cups.

foomatic-rip is part of Cups-filters, which do not seem to conflict with Lprng.

What about gimp-print-lprng ?

slot · 2014-03-12 20:44:22

I have a hard time finding your web-site with the manual ?

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#1 2014-02-02 17:39:48

LPRng rises from the dead

#2 2014-02-03 11:01:15

Re: LPRng rises from the dead

#3 2014-02-03 20:34:31

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#6 2014-02-22 14:41:15

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