TCP/IP print server

BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server is a Windows application that supports the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol enabling users to receive and customize print jobs from an Line Printer Request (LPR) client on any iSeries, Mainframe, UNIX, or Windows-based system, to any Windows defined printer, whether locally attached or remote.

BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server is known as a Line Printer Daemon, or LPD for short. A daemon is a server or sometimes referred to as an agent. BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server is an LPD Server.

LPR/LPD is a printing method used in many TCP/IP networks. It is in wide use on university and business campuses where IBM Mainframe and iSeries systems as well as UNIX-based systems have been in place for a long time. LPR/LPD is a computer-to-computer printing method, rather than a host-to-PC method.

The LPR/LPD protocol is broken into two parts: LPR and LPD.

LPR (Line Printer Request)

This is the part that submits the print request. LPR is the client part of the protocol and is sometimes confused when used on a Mainframe. Any system submitting requests through an "LPR client" is referred to as a client.

LPD (Line Printer Daemon)

This is the piece that receives and processes the request. A "daemon" is a server or agent. BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server is an LPD server.

The LPD Protocol Specification is documented in RFC 1179.

Use the BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server where your host system is running a Line Printer Request (LPR) client that is configured to send print jobs to a specific user IP address.

The BlueZone TCP/IP Print Server is a Line Printer Daemon (LPD) that runs on the user's workstation that listens for print jobs that are being sent directly to it by the LPR client.