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A first rough support for ACLs + for printing is available from &CUPS;; this will be refined + in future versions. </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-authentication">Authentication</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-appsocketprotocol"> + <glossterm +>AppSocket Protocol</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>AppSocket is a protocol for the transfer of + print data, also frequently called "Direct TCP/IP Printing". + &Hewlett-Packard; have used AppSocket to add a few minor + extensions around it and were very successfull to re-name + and market it under the brand "&HP; JetDirect"...</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpjetdirectprotocol">&HP; JetDirect Protocol</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-directtcpipprinting">Direct TCP/IP Printing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-apsfilter"> + <glossterm +>APSfilter</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>APSfilter is used mainly in the context of "classical" + &UNIX; printing (BSD-style LPD). It is a sophisticated shell script, + disguising as an "all-in-one" filtering program. In reality, + APSfilter calls "real filters" to do the jobs needed. It sends + printjobs automatically through these other filters, based on an + initial file-type analysis of the printfile. + It is written and maintained by Andreas Klemm. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + It is + similar to Magicfilter and uses mostly Ghostscript for file conversions. + Some Linux-Distributions (like SuSE) use APSfilter, others + Magicfilter (⪚ &RedHat;), some have both for preference selection + (like has *BSD). +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + &CUPS; has <emphasis +>no</emphasis +> need for APSfilter, + as it runs its own file type recognition (based on &MIME; types) + and applies its own filtering logic.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-magicfilter">Magicfilter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-mimetypes">&MIME;-Types</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-printcap">printcap</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-authentication"> + <glossterm +>Authentication</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Proofing the identity of a certain person (maybe via username/password + or by means of a certificate) is often called authentication. Once you are + authenticated, you may or may not get access to a requested ressource, + possibly based on ACLs.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-acl">ACLs</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-bidirectionalcommunication"> + <glossterm +>Bi-directional communication</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>In the context of printing, a server or a host may receive additional + information sent back from the printer (status messages &etc;), either + upon a query or unrequested. AppSocket ( = &HP; JetDirect), &CUPS; and IPP do + support bi-directional communication, LPR/LPD and BSD-style printing + do not...</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-appsocketprotocol">AppSocket Protocol</glossseealso +> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-directtcpipprinting">Direct TCP/IP Printing</glossseealso +> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpjetdirectprotocol">&HP; JetDirect</glossseealso +> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-lprlpd">LPR/LPD</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-bsdstyleprinting"> + <glossterm +>BSD-style Printing</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Generic term for different variants of the traditional &UNIX; + printing method. Its first version appeared in the early 70s on + BSD &UNIX; and was formally described in <ulink url="http://www.rfc.net/rfc1179.html" +>RFC 1179</ulink +> only as late + as 1990. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + At the time when BSD "remote" printing was first designed, printers + were serially or otherwise directly connected devices to a host + (with the internet hardly consisting of more than 100 nodes!); printers + used pre-punched, endless paperbands, fed through by a tractor + mechanism, with simple rows of ASCII text mechanically hammered onto + the medium, drawn from a cardboard beneath the table, giving it back + as a zig-zag folded paper"snake". Remote printing consisted in + neighouring host from the next room sending a file + asking for printout. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + How technology has changed! Printers use cut-sheet media, they have + built-in intelligence to compute the raster images of pages after pages + that are sent to them using one of the powerfull page description + languages (PDL), many are network nodes in their own right, + with CPU, RAM, HardDisk and an own Operation System and + they are hooked to a net with potentially millions of users... +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + It is a vast proof of the flexible &UNIX; concept for doing things, + that it made "Line Printing" reliably work even under these modern + conditions. But time has finally come now to go for something new + -- the IPP. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-lprlpd">LPR/LPD printing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-cups"> + <glossterm +>&CUPS;</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>C</emphasis +>ommon + <emphasis +>U</emphasis +>NIX <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinting + <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>ystem; &CUPS; is most modern &UNIX; and Linux + printing system, providing also cross-platform printservices + to &Microsoft; &Windows; and Apple MacOS clients. Based on IPP, it does + away with all the pitfalls of old-style BSD printing, + providing authentication, encryption and ACLs, plus many more + features. At the same time it is backward-compatible enough + to serve all legacy clients that are not yet up to IPP via + LPR/LPD (BSD-style). +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + &CUPS; is able to control any &PostScript; printer by + utilizing the vendor-supplied PPD (PostScript Printer + Description file), targetted originally for &Microsoft; Windows NT + printing only. &kde; Printing is most powerful if based on + &CUPS;.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-acl">ACLs</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-authentication">Authentication</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-bsdstyleprinting">BSD-style printing</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kdeprint">KDEPrint</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-lprlpd">LPR/LPD</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ppd">PPD</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-cupsfaq"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>&CUPS;-FAQ</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Presently only available in German (translation is on the way), + the <ulink url="http://www.danka.de/printpro/faq.html" +>&CUPS;-FAQ</ulink +> + is a valuable ressource to answer many question anyone new to + &CUPS; printing might have at first. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kdeprinthandbook">KDEPrint Handbook</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-cups-o-matic"> + <glossterm +>&CUPS;-O-Matic</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>&CUPS;-O-Matic was the first "Third Party" plugin for + the &CUPS; printing software. It is available on the <ulink + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html" +>Linuxprinting.org + website</ulink +> to provide an online PPD-generating service. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + Together with the companion <application +>cupsomatic</application +> Perl-Script, + that needs to be installed as an additional &CUPS; backend, + it re-directs output from the native <application +>pstops</application +> filter into + a chain of suitable Ghostscript filters. Upon finishing, it + gives the resulting data back to a &CUPS; "backend" for sending + them onward to the printer. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Thusly, &CUPS;-O-Matic enables support for any printers known to + have worked previously in a "classical" ghostscript environment, + if no native &CUPS; support for that printer is in sight... &CUPS;-O-Matic + is now replaced by the more capable PPD-O-Matic.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cupsomatic">cupsomatic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-PPD-O-Matic">PPD-O-Matic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-foomatic">Foomatic</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-cupsomatic"> + <glossterm +>cupsomatic</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>The Perlscript <application +>cupsomatic</application +> (plus a working Perl installation + on your system) is needed to make any &CUPS;-O-Matic (or PPD-O-Matic) + generated PPD work with &CUPS;. It was written by Grant Taylor, Author of + the Linux Printing HOWTO and Maintainer of the <ulink + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi" +>printer + database</ulink +> at the Linuxprinting.org website.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups-o-matic">&CUPS;-O-Matic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-foomatic">Foomatic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cupsomatic">cupsomatic</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-daemon"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>Daemon</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>D</emphasis +>isk + <emphasis +>a</emphasis +>nd <emphasis +>e</emphasis +>xecution + <emphasis +>mon</emphasis +>itor; <acronym +>Daemons</acronym +> are present + on all &UNIX; systems to perform tasks independent of user + intervention. Readers more familiar with &Microsoft; &Windows; might + want to compare daemons and the tasks they are responsible + with "services". +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + One example of a daemon present on most + legacy &UNIX; systems is the LPD (Line Printer Daemon); &CUPS; is + widely seen as the successor to LPD in the &UNIX; world and + it also operates through a daemon. </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-spooling">SPOOLing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-databaselinuxprinting"> + <glossterm +>Database, Linuxprinting.org</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Already years ago, when Linux printing was still really difficult + (only commandline printing was known to most Linux users, no device + specific print options were available for doing the jobs), Grant Taylor, + Author of the "Linux Printing HOWTO", collected most or the available + infos about printers, drivers and filters in his database. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + With the emerging + &CUPS; concept, extending the use of PPDs even to non-PostScript printers, + he realized the potential of this database: if one puts the different + datablobs (whith content that could be described along the lines + "Which device prints with which ghostscript or other + filter how well and what commandline switches are available?") into + PPD-compatible files, he could have all the power of &CUPS; on top of + the traditional printer "drivers". +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + This has developed now into a broader + concept, known as "Foomatic". Foomatic extends the capabilities + of other spoolers than &CUPS; (LPR/LPD, LPRng, PDQ, PPR) to a certain + extend ("stealing" some concepts from &CUPS;). The Linuxprinting + Database is not a Linux-only stop -- people running other &UNIX; + based OSes (like *BSD or MacOS X) will find valuable infos and + software there too. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-foomatic">Foomatic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-linuxprintingdatabase">Linuxprinting database</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-directtcpipprinting"> + <glossterm +>Direct TCP/IP Printing</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>This is a method that often uses TCP/IP port 9100 to connect + to the printer. It works with many modern network printers and has + a few advantages over LPR/LPD, as it is faster and provides some + "backchannel feedback data" from the printer to the host sending + the job.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-appsocketprotocol">AppSocket Protocol</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpjetdirectprotocol">&HP; JetDirect Protocol</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-drivers"> + <glossterm +>Drivers, Printer Drivers</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>The term "printer drivers", used in the same sense + as on the &Microsoft; &Windows; platform, is not entirely applicable + for a Linux or &UNIX; platform. A "driver" functionality + is supplied on &UNIX; by different modular components working + together. At the core are the "filters" converting a given format + waeiting for their printing, to another format that is acceptable + to the target printer. The filter output is sent to the + printer by a "backend". + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-filter">Filter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ppd">PPDs</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-easysoftwareproducts"> + <glossterm +>Easy Software Products</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Mike Sweet's company, which has contributed a few substantial + software products towards the Free Software community; amongst + them the initial version of <ulink + url="http://gimp-print.sf.net/" +>Gimp-Print,</ulink +>, the <ulink + url="http://www.easysw.com/epm/" +>EPM software packaging</ulink +> tool + and <ulink url="http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/" +>HTMLDOC</ulink> + (used by the "Linux Documentation Project" to build the PDF versions + of the HOWTOs) -- but most importantly: <ulink + url="http://www.cups.org/" +>&CUPS;</ulink +> (the 'Common &UNIX; Printing + System'). +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + ESP finance themselves by selling a commercial version + of &CUPS;, called <ulink url="http://www.easysw.com/" +>ESP PrintPro</ulink +>, + that includes some professional enhancements. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-espprintpro">ESP PrintPro</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-esp">ESP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gimpprint">Gimp-Print</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-encryption"> + <glossterm +>Encryption</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Encryption of confidential data is an all-important issue if + you transfer it over the internet or even inside intra-nets. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Printing + via traditional protocols is not encrypted at all -- it is very easy + to tap and eavesdrop ⪚ into &PostScript; or PCL data transfered + over the wire. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Thus in the design of IPP the provision was made for an easy + plugin of encryption mechanisms (which can be provided by the same + means as the encryption standards for HTTP traffic: SSL and TLS.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-authentication">Authentication</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ssl">SSL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-tls">TLS</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-epson"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>Epson</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Epson inkjets belong to the best supported models by Free software + drivers as the company was not necessarily as secretive about their + devices and handed technical specification documents to developers. + The excellent print quality achieved by Gimp-Print on the Styli + series of printers can be attributed to this openness. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + They have also + contracted Easy Software Products to maintain an enhanced version + of Ghostscript ("ESP GhostScript") for improved support of their + printer portfolio. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">ESP Ghostscript</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-escapesequence"> + <glossterm +>Escape Sequences</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>The first ever printers printed ASCII data only. To + initiate a new line, or eject a page, they included special + command sequences, often carrying a leading [ESC]-character. + &HP; evolved this concept through its series of PCL language + editions until today, when they have developed a fullblown + Page Description Language (PDL) from this humble beginnings. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pdl">PDL</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-escp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>ESC/P</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>E</emphasis +>pson + <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>tandard <emphasis +>C</emphasis +>odes for + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinters. Epsons ESC/P printer language is besides + &PostScript; and PCL one of the best known.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-escp">ESC/P</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpgl">hpgl</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-esp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>ESP</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>E</emphasis +>asy + <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>oftware <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>roducts; + the company that developed &CUPS; (the "Common &UNIX; Printing System"). + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-easysoftwareproducts">Easy Software Products</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-espprintpro">ESP PrintPro</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-espghostscript"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>ESP</acronym +> Ghostscript</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>A Ghostscript version that is maintained by Easy Software + Products. It includes pre-compiled Gimp-Print drivers for + many inkjets ()plus some other goodies). ESP Ghostscript + drives especially the Epson Stylus model series to photographic + quality in many cases. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-easysoftwareproducts">Easy Software Products</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-espprintpro">ESP PrintPro</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-espprintpro"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>ESP</acronym +> PrintPro</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +> This professional enhancement to &CUPS; (the "Common &UNIX; + Printing System") is sold by the developers + of &CUPS; complete with more than 2.300 printer drivers for several commercial + &UNIX; platforms. <ulink url="http://www.easysw.com/printpro/" +>ESP PrintPro</ulink> + is supposed to work "out of the box" with little or no configuration + for users or admins. ESP sell also support contracts for + &CUPS; and PrintPro. These sales help to feed the programmers who + develop the Free version of &CUPS;. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-filter"> + <glossterm +>Filter</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Filters, in general, are programs that take some input + data, work on it and pass it on as their output data. Filters + may or may not change the data. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Filters in the context of printing, are programs that convert + a given file (destined for printing, but not suitable in the + format it has presently) into a printable format. Sometimes + whole "filter chains" have to be constructed to achieve the + goal, piping the output of one filter as input to the next. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rip">RIP</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-foomatic"> + <glossterm +>Foomatic</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Foomatic started out as the wrapper name for a set of + different tools available from <ulink + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/" +>Linuxprinting.org</ulink> + These tools aimed to make the usage of traditional + ghostscript and other print filters more easy for users and + extend the filters capabilities by adding more commandline + switches or explain the drivers execution data. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Foomatic's different incarnations are &CUPS;-O-Matic, PPD-O-Matic, + PDQ-O-Matic, LPD-O-Matic and xyz. All of these allow the generation + of appropriate printer configuration files online, by simply + selection the suitable model and suggested (or alternate) driver + for that machine. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + More recently, Foomatic gravitated towards becoming a "meta-spooling" + system, that allows to configure the underlying print subsystem + through a unified set of commands. (However this is much more + complicated than KDEPrints &GUI; interface, which does a similar + thing regarding different print subsystems.) </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups-o-matic">&CUPS;-O-Matic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-PPD-O-Matic">PPD-O-Matic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cupsomatic">cupsomatic</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-ghostscript"> + <glossterm +>Ghostscript</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Ghostscipt is a &PostScript; RIP in software, originally + developed by L. Peter Deutsch. There is always a <acronym +>GPL</acronym +> version + of ghostscript available for free usage and distribution + (mostly 1 year old) while + the current version is commercially sold under another license. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Ghostscript is widely used inside the Linux and &UNIX; world + for transforming &PostScript; into raster data suitable + for sending towards non-&PostScript; devices.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rip">RIP</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-gimpprint"> + <glossterm +>Gimp-Print</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Contrary to its name, Gimp-Print is not any longer + just the plugin to be used for printing from the popular + Gimp program -- its codebase can also serve to be compiled + into... + <!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + *...a set of PPDs and associated filters that integrate seamlessly + into &CUPS;, supporting around 130 different printer models, providing + photografic output quality in many cases; +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + *...a Gostscript filter that can be used with any other + program that needs a software-RIP; +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + *...a library that can be used by other software applications + in need of rasterization functions. + + +<!-- +after 4 hours fiddling, I +could not get those s!@*#? +<itemizedlist +> to pass +through the meinproc checks. +For the time being I gave up +on it and handle it differently +now. + <itemizedlist> + <listitem +>...a set of PPDs and associated filters that integrate seamlessly + into &CUPS;, supporting around 130 different printer models, providing + photografic output quality in many cases;</listitem> + <listitem +>...a Gostscript filter that can be used with any other + program that needs a software-RIP;</listitem> + <listitem +>...a library that can be used by other software applications + in need of rasterization functions.</listitem> + </itemizedlist> +--> + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-lexmark">Lexmark Drivers</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rip">RIP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-hp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>&HP;</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>H</emphasis +>ewlett-<emphasis +>Packard</emphasis +>; + none of the first companys to distribute their own Linux printer + drivers [...to be completed...] + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-hpgl"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>&HP;/GL</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>&HP;</emphasis> + <emphasis +>G</emphasis +>rafical <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>anguage; + a &HP; printer language mainly used for plotters; many CAD + (Computer Aided software programs output &HP;/GL files for + printing.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-escp">ESC/P</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-hpjetdirectprotocol"> + <glossterm +>&HP; JetDirect Protocol</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>A term branded by &HP; to describe their implementation + of print data transfer to the printer via an otherwise "AppSocket" or + "Direct TCP/IP Prining" named protocol.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-appsocketprotocol">AppSocket Protocol</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-directtcpipprinting">Direct TCP/IP Printing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-ietf"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>IETF</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>I</emphasis +>nternet + <emphasis +>E</emphasis +>ngineering <emphasis +>T</emphasis +>ask + <emphasis +>F</emphasis +>orce; an assembly of internet, software + and hardware experts that discuss + new networking technologies and very often arrive at + conclusions that are regarded by many as standards. "TCP/IP" + is the most famous of examples. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + IETF standards, but also + drafts, discussions, ideas or useful tutorials are + put in writing in the famous series of "RFCs" which + are available to the public and on burnt onto most Linux or + BSD-CDs.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pwg">PWG</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rfc">RFC</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-ipp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>IPP</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>I</emphasis +>nternet + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinting <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rotocol; + defined in a series of RFCs accepted by the IETF with + status "proposed standard"; was designed + by the PWG. -- IPP is a completely new design for network printing, + but it is utilizing a very well-known and proven method for the + actual data transfer: HTTP 1.1! By not "re-inventing the wheel", + and basing itself on an existing and robust internet standard, + IPP is able to relativly easy bolt other HTTP-compatible standard + mechanisms into its framework: +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + * Basic, Digest or Certificate authentication + mechanisms; +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + * SSL or TLS for encryption of transferred + data; +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + * LDAP for directory services (to publish + data on printers, device-options, drivers, costs or + elso to the network; or to check for passwords while + conducting authentication). +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + +<!-- + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem +>Basic, Digest or Certificate authentication + mechanisms</listitem> + <listitem +>SSL or TLS for encryption of transferred + data</listitem> + <listitem +>LDAP for directory services (to publish + data on printers, device-options, drivers, costs or + elso to the network; or to check for passwords while + conducting authentication)</listitem> + </itemizedlist> +--> + </para> + + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pwg">PWG</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ietf">IETF</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rfc">RFC</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-tls">TLS</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-kdeprint"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>KDEPrint</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>The new printing functionality of &kde; since its version 2.2 + consists of several modules that translate the features and settings + of different available print subsystems (&CUPS;, BSD-style LPR/LPD, RLPR...) + into nice &kde; desktop &GUI; representation and dialogs to ease their + usage. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Most important for day-to-day usage is "kprinter", the new + &GUI; print command. -- Note: KDEPrint does <emphasis +>not</emphasis +> implement its own + spooling mechanism or its own &PostScript; processing; for this it + relies on the selected <emphasis +>print subsystem</emphasis> + -- however it does add some functionality of its own on top of this + foundation... + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-bsdstyleprinting">BSD-style printing</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kprinter">kprinter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kdeprinthandbook">KDEPrint Handbook</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-kdeprinthandbook"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>KDEPrint Handbook...</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>...is the name of the reference document that describes KDEPrint + functions to users and administrators. You can load it into Konqueror by + typing "help:/kdeprint" into the address field. The <ulink + url="http://printing.kde.org/" +>KDEPrint website</ulink> + is the ressource for updates to this documentation as well as PDF + versions fit for printing it. It is authored and maintained by Kurt + Pfeifle. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cupsfaq">&CUPS;-FAQ</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-kprinter"> + <glossterm +>kprinter</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +><emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis +> is the new powerfull + print utility that is natively used by all &kde; applications. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Contrary to some common misconceptions, + <emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis +> is <emphasis +>not</emphasis +> a &CUPS;-only tool, + but supports different print subsystems. You can even switch + to a different printsubsystem "on the fly", in between two jobs, + without re-configuration. Of course, due to the powerful + features of &CUPS;, <emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis +> is in + best shape when used as a &CUPS; frontend. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + <emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis +> is the successor + to "qtcups", which is no longer being actively maintained. kprinter has + inherited all the best features of qtcups and added several new ones. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + AND MOST IMPORTANT: you can use <emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis> + with all its features in all non-&kde; applications that allow + a customized print command, like gv, AcrobatReader, Netscape, + Mozilla, Galeon, StarOffice, OpenOffice and all GNOME programs. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + <emphasis +>kprinter</emphasis +> can act as a "standalone" + utility, started from an X-Terminal or a "Mini-CLI" to + print many different files, from different directories, with different + formats, in one job and at once, without the need to first open the + files in the applications! (File formats supported this way are &PostScript;, + PDF, International and ASCII Text and many different popular Grafic + formats, such as PNG, TIFF, JPEG, PNM, Sun RASTER &etc;) + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kprinter">kprinter</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-lexmark"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>Lexmark</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>was one of the first companys to distribute their own Linux printer + drivers for some of their models. [...to be completed...] + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-linuxprintingorg"> + <glossterm +>Linuxprinting.org</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Linuxprinting.org = not only for Linux; all &UNIX;-like OS-es + like *BSD and also commercial Unices may find useful printing + information on that site; Foomatic -- Printer Data Base -- Driver Data + Base....</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-linuxprintingdatabase">Linuxprinting database</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-linuxprintingdatabase"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>Linuxprinting.org Database</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>....Data Base containing printers and drivers suitable + for them... ...a lot of information and documentation to be found... ...it + is now also providing some tools and utilities for easing the integration + of those drivers into a given system... ...the "Foomatic" family + of utilities being the toolset to make use of the data base + [.............TO BE COMPLETED........] + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-foomatic">Foomatic</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-lprlpd"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>LPR/LPD</acronym +> printing</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>LPR == some people translate <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ine + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinting <emphasis +>R</emphasis +>equest, others: + <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ine <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinter + <emphasis +>R</emphasis +>emote.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-bsdstyleprinting">BSD-style printing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-magicfilter"> + <glossterm +>Magicfilter</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Similarly to the APSfilter program, Magicfilter + provides automatic file type recognition functions, and base + on that, automatic file conversion to a printable format, + depending on the target printer.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-apsfilter">APSfilter</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-mimetypes"> + <glossterm +>&MIME;-Types</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>M</emphasis +>ultipurpose (or + Multimedia) <emphasis +>I</emphasis +>nternet <emphasis +>M</emphasis +>ail + <emphasis +>E</emphasis +>xtensions; &MIME;-Types were first used to allow + the transport of binary data (like mail attachments containing + grafics) over mail connections that were normally only transmitting + ASCII characters: the data had to be encoded into an ASCII representation. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + Later this concept was extended to describe a data format in + a platform independent, but at the same time in a non-ambigious way. + From &Windows; everybody knows the *.doc extensions for &Microsoft; Word files. + This is handled ambigiously on the &Windows; platform: *.doc extensions are also + used for simple text files or for Adobe Framemaker files. And if a real + Word file is re-named to get a different extension, it can't be + opened any longer by the program +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + &MIME; typed filed carry a recognition string with them, describing + their file format base on <emphasis +>main_category/sub_category</emphasis +>. + Inside IPP, printfiled are also described using the &MIME; type scheme. + &MIME; types are registered with the IANA (Internet Assigning Numbers + <emphasis +>Association</emphasis +>) to keep them unambigious. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + &CUPS; has some &MIME; types of its own registered, like + <emphasis +>application/vnd.cups-raster</emphasis +> (for the &CUPS;-internal + raster image format). + + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-easysoftwareproducts">Easy Software Products</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-espprintpro">ESP PrintPro</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gimpprint">Gimp-Print</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-pcl"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>PCL</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinter + <emphasis +>C</emphasis +>ontrol <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>anguage; + developed by &HP;. PCL started off in version 1 as a simple + command set for ASCII printing; now, + in its versions PCL6 and PCL-X it is capable of printing grafics + and printing color -- but outside the &Microsoft; &Windows; realm and &HP-UX; + (&HP;'s own brand of &UNIX;) it is not commonly used...</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-escp">ESC/P</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpgl">&HP;/GL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pdl">PDL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-pdl"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>PDL</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>age + <emphasis +>D</emphasis +>escription <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>anguage; + PDLs describe in an abstract way the grafical representation + of a page. - Before it is actually transferred into + toner or ink layed down onto paper, a PDL needs to be + "interpreted" first. In &UNIX;, the most important PDL + is PostScript. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-escp">ESC/P</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpgl">&HP;/GL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-pixel"> + <glossterm +>Pixel</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>Pic</emphasis +>ture + <emphasis +>El</emphasis +>ement; this term describes the smallest + part of a raster picture (either as printed on paper + or as put on a monitor by cathode rays or LCD elements). As + any grafical or image representation on those kind of output + devices is composed of pixels, the values of "ppi" (pixel per inch) + and &dpi; (dots per inch) are one important parameter for the + overall quality and resolution of an image.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-filter">Filter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-raster">Raster</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-pjl"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>PJL</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rint + <emphasis +>J</emphasis +>ob <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>anguage; + developed by &HP; to control and influence default and per-job + settings of a printer. May not only be used + for &HP;'s own (PCL-)printers; also many &PostScript; + and other printers understand PJL commands sent to them + inside a printjob or in a separate signal.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-postscript"> + <glossterm +>&PostScript;</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>&PostScript; (often shortened "PS") is the de-facto + standard in the &UNIX; world for printing files. It was + developed by Adobe and licensed to printer manufacturers + and software companies. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + As the &PostScript; specifications were + published by Adobe, there are also "Third Party" implementations + of &PostScript; generating and &PostScript; interpreting software + available (one of the best-known in the Free software world + being Ghostscript, a powerfull PS-interpreter) + .</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-escp">ESC/P</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-hpgl">&HP;/GL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pcl">PCL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ppd">PPD</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-ppd"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>PPD</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>ostScript + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinter <emphasis +>D</emphasis +>escription; + PPDs are ASCII files storing all information about the special + capabilities of a printer, plus definitions of the (PostScript- + or PJL-)commands to call on a certain capability (like printing + duplex). +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + As the explanation of the acronym reveals, PPDs were originally + only used for &PostScript; printers. &CUPS; has extended the + PPD-concept towards all types of printers. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + PPDs for &PostScript; printers are provided by the printer + vendors. They can be used with &CUPS; and KDEPrint to have access + to the full features of any &PostScript; printer. The KDEPrint Team + recommends to use a PPD originally intended for use with + &Microsoft; Windows NT. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + PPDs for non-PostScript printers <emphasis +>need</emphasis +> a + companion "filter" to process the &PostScript; print files towards + a format digestable for the non-PostScript target device. Those + PPD/filter combos are not (yet) available from the vendors. After + the initiative by the &CUPS; developers to utilize PPDs, the Free + Software community was creative enough to quickly come up with + a support for most of the currently used printer models through + PPDs and classical Ghostscript filters. But note: the printout + quality differs from "hi-quality photografic output" (using + Gimp-Print with most Epson inkjets) to "hardly readable" (using + Foomatic-enabled ghostscript filters for models rated as + "paperweight" in the Linuxprinting.org database). + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups">&CUPS;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-linuxprintingorg">Linuxprinting.org</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-PPD-O-Matic"> + <glossterm +>PPD-O-Matic</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>PPD-O-Matic is a set of Perl-Scripts that run on the Linuxprinting.org + webserver and can be used online to generate PPDs for any printer that is known + to print with ghostscript. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + These PPDs can be hook up to &CUPS;/KDEPrint as well as + used inside PPD-aware applications like StarOffice to determine all different + parameters of your printjobs. It is now recommended for most cases to + use "PPD-O-Matic" instead of the older &CUPS;-O-Matic. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + To generate a PPD, go to the <ulink + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi" +>printer + database</ulink +>, select your printer model, follow + the link to show the available ghostscript filters for that printer, select + one, click "generate" and finally safe the file to your local system. + Make sure to read the instructions. Make sure your local system + does indeed have ghostscript and the filter installed, which you chose + before generating the PPD. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-cups-o-matic">&CUPS;-O-Matic</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-linuxprintingorg">Linuxprinting.org</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-foomatic">Foomatic</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-printcap"> + <glossterm +>printcap</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>The "printcap" file holds in BSD-style print systems + the configuration information; the printing daemon reads this file + to know which printers are available, what filters are to + user for each, where the spooling directory is located, + if there are banner pages to be used, and so on... + Some applications also depend on reading access to the printcap + file to grap the names of available printer. </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-bsdstyleprinting">BSD-style printing</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-printermib"> + <glossterm +>Printer-<acronym +>MIB</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for + <emphasis +>Printer</emphasis +>-<emphasis +>M</emphasis +>anagement + <emphasis +>I</emphasis +>nformation <emphasis +>B</emphasis +>ase; the + Printer-MIB defines a set of parameters that are to be + stored inside the printer for access + through the network. This is useful if many (in some cases, literally + thousands of) network printers are managed centrally + with the help of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pwg">PWG</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-snmp">SNMP</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-pwg"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>PWG</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinter <emphasis +>W</emphasis +>orking + <emphasis +>G</emphasis +>roup; the PWG is a loose grouping of + representatives of the printer industry that has in the past + years developed different standards + in relation to nework printing, which were later accepted by the + IETF as RFC standards, like the "Printer-MIB" and the IPP.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp">IPP</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-printermib">Printer-MIB</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-snmp">SNMP</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-printkioslave"> + <glossterm +>print:/ KIO Slave</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>You can use a syntax of "print:/..." to get quick access + to KDEPrint ressources. Typing "print:/manager" as a Konqueror URL + address gives administrative access to KDEPrint. Konqueror uses &kde;'s + famous "KParts" technology to achieve that. </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ioslave">IO Slave</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kparts">KParts</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-printerdatabase"> + <glossterm +>Printer Data Base</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-linuxprintingdatabase">Linuxprinting Data Base</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-qtcups"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>Qt&CUPS;</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>co-developer of Qt&CUPS; and KUPS, the predecessors of KDEPrint, + sole developer of KDEPrint -- a very nice and productive guy and quick bug fixer... ;-) + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kprinter">kprinter</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-raster"> + <glossterm +>Raster Image</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>In the last resort, every picture on a physical medium + is composed of a pattern of discrete dots in different colors and (maybe) + sizes. This is called a "raster image". +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + This is opposed to a "vector image" + where the grafic is described in terms of continuous curves, shades, + forms and fills, represented by mathematical formula. Vector images + normally are of a smaller file size and may be scaled in size + without any loss of information and quality --- but they can't be + output directly, they always need to be "rendered" or "rasterized" + first to the given resolution, the output device is capable of... +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + + The rasterization is done by a Raster Image Processor (RIP, + often the Ghostscript software) or some other filtering + instance.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pixel">Pixel</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-filter">Filter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-rip">RIP</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-rip"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>RIP</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for + <emphasis +>R</emphasis +>aster <emphasis +>I</emphasis +>mage + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rocess(or); if used in the context of + printing, "RIP" means a hardware or software + instance that converts &PostScript; (or other print files + that represented in one of the non-Raster PDLs) into a + raster image format in such a way that it is acceptable + for the "marking engine" of the printer. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + &PostScript; printers + contain their own PostScript-RIPs. A RIP may or may not be located + inside a printer. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + For many &UNIX; systems, Ghostscript is the package that provides + a "RIP in software", running on the host computer, and pre-digesting + the &PostScript; or other data to become ready to be sent to the + printing device (hence you may sense a "grain of truth" in the + slogan "Ghostscript turns your printer into a &PostScript; + machine", which of course is not correct in the sense of the + letter.)</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-filter">Filter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ghostscript">Ghostscript</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-postscript">&PostScript;</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pdl">PDL</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-raster">Raster</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-rlpr"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>RLPR</acronym +> (Remote LPR)</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>R</emphasis +>emote + <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ine <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinting + <emphasis +>R</emphasis +>equest; this is a a BSD-style printing system, + that needs no root priviledges to be installed and no "printcap" to + work: all parameters may be specified on the command + line. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + RLPR comes in handy for many laptop users who are + working in frequently changing environments, because it + may be installed concurrently with every other printing + sub system and allows a very flexible and wuick + way to install a printer for direct access via LPR/LPD. +<!-- + </para> + <para> +--> + + KDEPrint + has an "Add Printer Wizard" to make RLPR usage even more + easy. The kprinter command allows to switch to RLPR "on + the fly" at any time.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kdeprint">KDEPrint</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-kprinter">kprinter</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-printcap">printcap</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-snmp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>SNMP</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>imple + <emphasis +>N</emphasis +>etwork <emphasis +>M</emphasis +>anagement + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rotocol; SNMP is widely used to control + all sorts network nodes (Hosts, Routers, Switches, Gateways, + Printers...) remotely.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-pwg">PWG</glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-printermib">Printer-MIB</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-ssl"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>SSL(3)</acronym +> encryption</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>ecure + <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>ocket <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ayer; + <acronym +>SSL</acronym +> is a proprietary encryption method for data + transfer over HTTP that was developed by Netscape and is now being + re-placed by an IETF standard named TLS. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-daemon"><acronym +>Daemon</acronym +></glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-spooling"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>SPOOL</acronym +>ing</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>ynchronous + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>eripherals <emphasis +>O</emphasis +>perations + <emphasis +>O</emphasis +>n<emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ine; + <acronym +>SPOOL</acronym +>ing enables printing applications + (and users) to continue their work + as the job is being taken care of by a system <acronym +>daemon</acronym> + who stores the file at a temporary location until the printer is ready + to print. </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-daemon"><acronym +>Daemon</acronym +></glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-tls"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>TLS</acronym +> encryption</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>T</emphasis +>ransport + <emphasis +>L</emphasis +>ayer <emphasis +>S</emphasis +>ecurity; + <acronym +>SSL</acronym +> is an encryption standard for + data transfered over HTTP 1.1; it is defined in RFC ???? [#look up + number --TO BE DONE--] ; although based on the former SSL development + (from Netscape) it is not fully compatible to it. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-daemon"><acronym +>Daemon</acronym +></glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id="gloss-systemVstyleprinting"> + <glossterm +>System V-style printing</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>This is the second flavour of traditional &UNIX; + printing (as opposed to BSD-style printing). It uses + a different command set (lp, lpadmin,...) from BSD, + but is not fundamentally different from it. However, the + gap between the two is big enough to make the two + incompatible so that a BSD-client can't simply print + to a System V style print server without additional + tweaking... IPP is supposed to resolve this weakness + and more. + </para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-bsdstyleprinting"><acronym +>BSD-style printing</acronym +></glossseealso> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-ipp"><acronym +>IPP</acronym +></glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-turboprint"> + <glossterm +>TurboPrint</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>A Shareware providing photo quality printing for many + inkjet printers; it is useful if you don't find a driver for your + printer otherwise; it may be hooked into a traditional Ghostscript + or into a modern &CUPS; system.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-gimpprint">Gimp-Print</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-xpp"> + <glossterm +><acronym +>XPP</acronym +></glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>Abbreviation for <emphasis +>X</emphasis> + <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>rinting <emphasis +>P</emphasis +>anel; + <acronym +>XPP</acronym +> was the first Free + graphical print command for &CUPS;, written by Till Kamppeter, + and in some ways a model for the "kprinter" utility in &kde;.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> +<!-- + <glossentry id="gloss-1"> + <glossterm +>xxxx</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-1">xyz</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-3"> + <glossterm +>xxxx</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-1">xyz</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id="gloss-4"> + <glossterm +>xxxx</glossterm> + <glossdef +><para +>.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="gloss-1">xyz</glossseealso> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> +--> + </glossdiv> + + +<!-- +</glossary> +--> + |