Old printer connected via LPT port was accessed using /dev/lpt Because several processes shouldn't print at the same time, there was a spooler called lpd and the client tool called lpr.
https://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_system_administration/linux_printer_HOWTO/setup_002.html On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 11:00 PM <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > Folks: > > Back in the dark days of early Linux, before CUPS, we printed with > printers all the time. There was an infrastructure for doing this. Does > anyone remember how that worked? As in, what packages were needed, etc.? > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com > Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com > Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster > >
