Contributed by Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440.net>, 30 September 1995. Restructured and updated by Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org>, March 2000.
In order to use printers with FreeBSD, you will need to set them up to work with the Berkeley line printer spooling system, also known as the LPD spooling system. It is the standard printer control system in FreeBSD. This chapter introduces the LPD spooling system, often simply called LPD, and will guide you through its configuration.
If you are already familiar with LPD or another printer spooling system, you may wish to skip to section Setting up the spooling system.
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