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		ChuckMcM on Aug 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bye CUPS: Printing with Netcat Hence the existence of lp(1), which at its simplest is just a queue that sends things to the network as they arrive.

AceJohnny2 on Aug 4, 2021 [–]

Huh. So can one leverage/hack lp to serve as a generic service spooler? Has anyone done so (in a mildly documented way)?

mprovost on Aug 4, 2021 | [–]

Yes, at OpenBSD hackathons they used lpd as a queue for mp3s so all the devs could submit music to be played for the room.

https://patrick.wagstrom.net/weblog/2003/05/23/lpdforfunandm...

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