Re: Comparing LPD, PJL, SNMP, and IPP

[jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.  We are getting new Xerox printers at work.  The older ones, could only be supported with LPD.  The newer ones have more capability, thus my question.

John McKee


-----Original message-----
From: Charles Wilt charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:46:27 -0500
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Comparing LPD, PJL, SNMP, and IPP

> http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/Setting_up_a_printer
>
>     * A *LAN *IPDS device description
>     * A *LAN 3812 SNMP device description
>     * A *LAN 3812 IPP device description
>     * A *LAN 3812 PJL device description
>     * A Remote Output Queue (RMTOUTQ) (also known as LPD/[LPR]]
>
> The list above as been reordered from the list shown in the IBM
> document based upon order of preference. A *LAN *IPDS device is the
> most preferred option for an IBM System i network printer; while a
> Remote Output Queue is the least preferred. The relative preference of
> SNMP, IPP, and PJL are subjective and based upon the SNMP vs IPP
> thread in the comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc newsgroup.
>
> HTH,
> Charles
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM, jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How would the four protocols be ranked?  I have seen that LPD is probably the least desirable, when multiple systems send data.  But what about the other three?
> >
> > John McKee
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