Subject:   -11- What is the mkbsdpr script (included with Impressario)
                used for?
Date: 18 Aug 1994 00:00:01 EST

  Background:

  There are two common print spoolers in use with Unix systems: 

      The lp spooler.
      The lpr spooler.

  SGI uses the lp spooler.  If you wish to use a printer on a remote
  system that uses the lpr spooler then you need a way to submit print
  jobs to it.  SGI does supply the lpr spooler software (it is in the
  subsystem eoe2.sw.lpr and is not loaded by default).

  If you wish to use an lpr printer (which would be on another system
  on your network) then you should install the lpr spooler subsystem
  and configure it (see the lpr(1) and printcap(4) man pages for
  details).  At this point you could print to the lpr printer using the
  lpr(1) command.  However, you might also want to print from the
  Indigo Magic environment or from an application that only prints to
  the lp spooler.  The way to do this is set up an lp printer queue
  that forwards all of its print requests to the lpr spooler (which is
  what mkbsdpr does):

  From the mkbsdpr(1M) man page:

       mkbsdpr registers a BSD spooling system printer with the System
       V spooling system. This provides the ability to submit a print
       job via System V and have that job printed on a BSD based
       printer.

       mkbsdpr creates a System V printer interface program to
       communicate with a BSD print spooler. This interface program
       will normally keep a log of its activities in the file
       /var/spool/lp/log.  The -l option causes the interface program
       to keep its log in /var/spool/lp/etc/log/lp_printer-log
       instead.  The -v option causes the interface program to keep a
       more verbose log.

       mkbsdpr only provides connectivity from the System V print
       spooler to BSD print spooler. The program cannot be used for
       installing or registering a local BSD printer.