Re: [9fans] Newbie question on printing

[Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>]

> clp550n_ps      robbys-room     clp550n A4_LPQ  -       post+600dpi+nohead      generic lpdspool        lpd     -       -       FIFO

> I have two simple questions, so I can understand what is happening.
> The A4_LPQ, what does that do?  It is in the OUT_DEV field but ain't a
> device, and just guessing I would assume it names the queue to use.
> Is that correct?  

Yes.

> Could that be any text, or does the LPD in the
> printer have ideas on how to name and handle queues?

In theory you should set it to "raw", but in practice it never seems to matter.
http://tinyurl.com/dwul2

> Second, is it good practice to have the machine name of the printer
> (/lib/ndb/local entry) be different from the /sys/lib/lp/devices
> printer name?  I know that I can add more "virtual" printers to turn
> on duplex and color and what not.

I'm with you on this one.  I prefer keeping the names the same,
but maybe the _ps suffix is common elsewhere.  The rest of the
system doesn't care.

Russ